enmired

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adjective

Immersed in mire; bogged down.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of enmire
adjectiveenmired (comparative more enmired, superlative most enmired)

comparative more enmired · superlative most enmired

  1. Immersed in mire; bogged down.

    Discipline, in fact, proved to be one of the chief attractions of Benedictine monasteries, in an age enmired in terrifying lawlessness which longed for the lost order of Roman society.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 318

Origin

From enmire + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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enmired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enmired

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enmired,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enmired.

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