Meaning

1 senses

  1. A mermaid.

Origin

From Old English merewīf (“water witch, mermaid”), potentially to an earlier Proto-West Ge

From Old English merewīf (“water witch, mermaid”), potentially to an earlier Proto-West Germanic *mariwīb, from Proto-Germanic *mariwībą (“mermaid, siren”). By surface analysis, mer- + wife.

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Forms

plural: merwives
Singularmerwife
Pluralmerwives

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
merrilymerrimentmerryA1meshC2mesmerizemessB1
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