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Mosey

//ˈmoʊ.zi// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To set off, get going; to start a journey. US, dialectal, intransitive

    "Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors."

  2. 2
    walk leisurely wordnet
  3. 3
    To go off quickly: to hurry up. US, dialectal, intransitive
  4. 4
    To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner. US, dialectal, intransitive

    "We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”) * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”)) * proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led

Etymology 2

From a pet form of the personal name Moses.

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