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Miz

Miz

See also: miz, mîz, and -miz

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Miz (plural Mizzes)

  1. (US) spoken or dialectal form of Ms
    • 1988, Julius Lester, More tales of Uncle Remus: further adventures of Brer Rabbit, his friends, enemies, and others, ISBN 9780803704206, page 13:
      When he got there, Miz Meadows asked him where was Brer Fox
    • 1995, Virginia Hamilton, “Miz Hattie Gets Some Company”, in Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales, ISBN 9780590473705, Her Animal Tales, page 15:
      Once upon a time, when dogs barked in rhyme, there was Miz Hattie. Miz Hattie lived all alone in the piney woods.
    • 2000, Janice Holt Giles, Hill Man, ISBN 9780813121659, page 159:
      Miz Rowe knew, of course, that Flary was at home, and knew that she was making a hand along with the old man and the boys.

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miz

miz

See also: Miz, mîz, and -miz

English

Adjective

miz (comparative more miz, superlative most miz)

  1. (slang) miserable
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 222
      But when I finally left the pub, it must have been about five minutes later, beginning to feel a bit miz, there he was outside, leaning against the pillar at the corner, one foot raised behind him - very rent-looking, actually, which should have made me wonder, but I found I was talking to him.

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Etymology

From Latin mēnsis.

Noun

miz

  1. month

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /mi˧˩/

Etymology

Compare Lao ມີ (); ᦙᦲ (mii); Northern Thai ᨾᩦ (mi); Thai มี (mii).

Verb

miz (old orthography miƨ)

  1. to have