ouze

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noun

Mud.

OriginMiddle English woose ← Old English wōs →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounouze (uncountable)

alternative oose · alternative ouse · alternative oase · alternative oaze · alternative oze · alternative oes

  1. UKdialectaluncountableMud.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwāse
  2. Middle Englishwose
  3. Old Englishwōs“juice, liquor, sap”
  4. Middle Englishwoose
  5. Englishouze

Partly from Middle English woose, wose, woos, from Old English wōs (“juice, liquor, sap”); partly from Middle English wose, wase, from Old English wāse, wase (“mud, mire, marsh, slime”). Cognate with Low German wees (“wet, ooze, mire”), German Wasen (“sod, turf”), Icelandic veisa (“mire, bog”). More at ooze.

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APA

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

MLA

“ouze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ouze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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