mize

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See also: Mize, mizë, and míze

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

mize

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of mizet

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French musée.

Noun

mize

  1. museum

Etymology 2

From French muser.

Verb

mize

  1. to dawdle

Etymology 3

From French miser.

Verb

mize

  1. to wager
Related terms

References

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mase.

Pronunciation

Noun

mize

  1. amaze, surprise, amazement
    Synonym: amize
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:
      Licke a mope an a mile, he gazt ing a mize;
      Like a fool in a mill, he looked in amazement;

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57