meuzie

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • meusie, mosie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch meusie, mesie, mosie, a diminutive of *meuse, *mose (whence West Flemish meuze), from Old Dutch *mosa, from Proto-West Germanic *mosu, from Proto-Germanic *musō, from Proto-Indo-European *museh₂, from *mus-, *mews- (“fly, midge”). Related to Gutnish mausa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmøːzi/

Noun

meuzie f (plural meuzies or meuziën, diminutive meuzietje n)

  1. mosquito
    Synonym: mug
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