Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merse

/mɝs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: merse
IPA: /mɝs/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.

Example Sentences

"Owing probably to the channel lying obliquely to those mud flats, the flood rushes up the river with a bore, the front wave of which may be several feet high. As a result, the loose mud is churned up by every tide and the water that inundates the merse always contains much mud in suspension. Consequently the merse must be continually increasing in height. That the siltings may be rapid in favourable circumstances is shown near Kirkconnell where mooring bollards are seen […]"

Etymology

Middle English merse, variant form of mersh, whence also marsh (see that entry for more).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: merse

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɝs/
British English: /mɜːs/

Inflected Forms

merses (plural)

Homonyms

murse

Questions

How do you pronounce merse?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɝs/.
What does merse mean?: Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
Where does merse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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