ouze

See also: -ouze

English

Alternative forms

• oose, ouse, oase, oaze, oze, oes

Etymology

Partly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English woose, wose, woos, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wōs (“juice, liquor, sap”); partly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English wose, wase, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Noun

ouze (uncountable)

1. (UK dialectal) Mud.