miry

[ mahyuhr-ee ]

/ ˈmaɪər i /

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adjective, mir·i·er, mir·i·est.

of the nature of mire; swampy: miry ground.

abounding in mire; muddy.

covered or bespattered with mire.

Origin of miry

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at mire, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM miry

mir·i·ness, nounun·mir·y, adjective

Words nearby miry

mirror symmetry, mirror-writing, mirth, mirthful, MIRV, miry, miryachit, mirza, MIS, misaddress, misadventure

Example sentences from the Web for miry

For sinful men in the miry pit the rope is already let down, and their grasping it is the same act as the psalmist's cry.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren
And coin kerdo tute cambri, Miry dearie chi, miry Romany chi?
The Romany Rye|George Borrow
A huge herd of those creatures, basking along the miry edge of the river, helped his illustration.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845|Various
The two horses were again pacing with well matched steps through the miry road.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905|Various

On the wet top rail, precariously perching, the figure slipped and sprawled forward in the miry yard.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm|Irvin S. Cobb