different between garish vs marish

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *g?ow-rós, from *g?ew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/

Adjective

garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)

1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

• garishly
• garishness

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Harigs, girahs, girsha

English

Alternative forms

• marrish [16th-19th c.]
• marys [14th-15th c.]

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ma???/

Noun

marish (plural marishes)

1. (now poetic or archaic) A marsh.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII:

     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.

Adjective

marish (comparative more marish, superlative most marish)

1. (now poetic or archaic) Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes.

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

• Mishar, Mishra, harims, ihrams

Manx

Alternative forms

• mârish

Preposition

marish

1. with

Inflection

Derived terms

• fow marish (“have sex with”)

Pronoun

marish

1. third-person singular of marish

   with him/it

Derived terms

• marishyn (emphatic)