English

Alternative forms

• mizz

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.

Anagrams

• Zim

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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• Zim

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mēnsis.

Noun

miz

1. month

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /mi˧˩/

Etymology

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

Verb

miz ‎(old orthography miƨ)

1. to have