marish
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of marish
1300–50; Middle English mareis < Middle French; see marais
Example Sentences
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From that moment the world became one long night marish finger, trained accusingly on him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The main reason: its ties to railroads impose on it the same night marish maze of regulations that the Interstate Commerce Commission ap plies to REA's parents.
From Time Magazine Archive
Visibly shaking from the night marish ride, Campbell heard the speed: 403.1 m.p.h.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the night marish instability of 1960-65, with all its coups and coup attempts, seemed about to begin again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Indian potato of the early colonists is still abundant in "moist and marish grounds," as described by Herriot.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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