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