MIRED

involved, mired

(adjective) entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; “the difficulties in which the question is involved”; “brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

mired

simple past tense and past participle of mire

Etymology 2

From micro reciprocal degree.

Noun

mired (plural mireds)

A unit of measurement for color temperature.

Anagrams

• MRIed, dimer, rimed

Source: Wiktionary

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MIRE

Mire, n. Etym: [AS. mire, m; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr.

Definition: An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Mire, n. Etym: [OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss.]

Definition: Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. Mire crow (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

Mire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired; p. pr. & vb. n. Miring.]

1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.

2. To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak.

Mire, v. i.

Definition: To stick in mire. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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