meuzie

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Etymology[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

meuzie f (plural meuzies or meuziën, diminutive meuzietje n)

  1. mosquito
    Synonym: mug