Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bog or quagmire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A bog or quagmire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
bog orquagmire .
Etymologies
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Compare French moisi moldy, musty, p.p. of moisir to mold, from Latin mucere to be moldy.
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Examples
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Poetry's the last thing you think of when you're mizzy.
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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But when you need to break out of a rut or want to push into a new level of engagement with a place, doing it for your readers can make a fast, rewarding impact on your experience. brian: Rebecca: Your child is automatically a US citizen, but you need to report the ... mizzy: Ol Robert died at the age of 27.
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog Brett Stuckel 2010
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a simper of pride and self complacency, that it is "mizzy moddy."
Townsend Chapter 14 1839
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