miry adjective alsomir·ey\ˈmīrē, -ri\ (mirier ; miriest) Etymology: Middle English myry, from myre, mire mire + -y 1.: resembling a mire : characterized by swampy ground : boggy < miry ground and a matted, marshy vegetation — R.L.Stevenson > 2.: characterized by heavy often deep mud or slush < a miry waste of paddy fields — George Orwell > 3.: stained or spattered with mire < miry shoes >