Marish
adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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"
- 1 Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes. archaic, poetic
"And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among,"
Example
More examples""I fled, 'tis true, and saved my life by flight, / bursting my bonds in frenzy of despair, / and hidden in a marish lay that night, / waiting till they should sail, if sail, perchance, they might.""
Etymology
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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