Marish

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes. archaic, poetic

    "And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among,"

Noun
  1. 1
    A marsh. archaic, poetic

    "Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue /[…]/ Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other syde a fayr medowe"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.

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