marish

[ mar-ish ]

noun

1. a marsh.

adjective

1. marshy.

marish

/ ˈmærɪʃ /

adjective

1. obsolete.
   marshy; swampy

Word History and Origins

Origin of marish¹

1300–50; Middle English mareis < Middle French; marais

Word History and Origins

Origin of marish¹

C14: from Old French marais marsh

Example Sentences

Andrew Watson, 29, was warned three times in seven months by managers at the Marish Academy Trust in Slough, Berkshire, to keep proper professional boundaries, a panel heard.

From BBC

Mr Watson started work at the trust in February 2019 as a coach and unqualified teacher at the trust's Marish and Willow primary schools.

From BBC

The hobbits had heard just such a cry far away in the Marish as they fled from Hobbiton, and even there in the woods of the Shire it had frozen their blood.

From Literature

Indeed, the folk of the Marish, and of Buckland, east of the River, which they afterwards occupied, came for the most part later into the Shire up from south-away; and they still had many peculiar names and strange words not found elsewhere in the Shire.

From Literature

‘The Ferry is east from Woodhall; but the hard road curves away to the left — you can see a bend of it away north over there. It goes round the north end of the Marish so as to strike the causeway from the Bridge above Stock. But that is miles out of the way. We could save a quarter of the distance if we made a line for the Ferry from where we stand.’

From Literature