different between morass vs marish

English

Etymology

From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), from Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”), from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???æs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Noun

morass (plural morasses)

1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
2. (figuratively) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

Translations

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)