marishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmaɹɪʃ/

名詞

marish (plural marishes)

1. (now poetic or archaic) A marsh.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue / […] / Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other syde a fayr medowe

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   • 1674, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 333:

     The Cherubim descended; on the ground / Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist / Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, / And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel / Homeward returning.

形容詞

marish (comparative more marish, superlative most marish)

1. (now poetic or archaic) Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes.
   • 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical:

     And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among,

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     after the manner of Cards or Maps, the utmost limits of knowne Countries, are set downe to be full of thicke marrish grounds, shady forrests, desart and uncouth places.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]

同意語

• boggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

派生語

アナグラム

• harims, Rahims, Shamir, HIMARS, Mishar, ihrams, Mishra, mahsir