mizzy
English edit
Etymology edit
Compare French moisi (“mouldy, musty”), p.p. of moisir (“to mould”), from Latin mucere (“to be mouldy”).
Noun edit
mizzy (plural mizzies)
- (obsolete) A bog or quagmire.
- 1894, R. Murray Gilchrist, Dame Inowslad:
- For miles in every direction lay the old forest of Gardomwood , a relic of primeval woodland , rich in glades and brakes , in streamlets and mizzies.
References edit
- “mizzy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.