miry

adjective

variants or less commonly mirey

ˈmīrē, 

-ri

mirier; miriest

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

Word History

Etymology

Middle English myry, from myre, mire mire + -y

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