meese

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Plural of moose, by analogy with goose → geese.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [miːs]^[1]

Noun[edit]

meese

(chiefly humorous) plural of moose

Quotations[edit]

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:meese.

Usage notes[edit]

For a discussion of the plural forms of moose, see the usage note at the entry for “moose”.

References[edit]

^ 1975: Royal Skousen, Substantive Evidence in Phonology: The Evidence from Finnish and French, page 25 (Mouton)
Do children in learning the language ever make “mistakes” by predicting, for example, that the plural of moose is [miːs] or that the plural of house is [haɪs] ?

Anagrams[edit]

seeme, semee, semée

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