Talk:mire

Romance translations

The Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian translations (at least) are all translations for the verb TO LOOK, totally different word.

Different to what? Mglovesfun (talk) 14:26, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Hungarian

TODO: It seems that in Hungarian it also means "when, once" according to https://glosbe.com/hu/en/mire%20oda%20%C3%A9r Please take this into consideration and update it. Or, "by the time": https://glosbe.com/hu/en/mire

Updated. Panda10 (talk) 18:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Entangle (often passive)

To involve somebody or something in difficulties (often passive) Backinstadiums (talk) 08:40, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November 2022–February 2023

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mire

Etymology 2, an ant. Latest OED cite from 1475. Ioaxxere (talk) 02:37, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Survives in pismire and anty-mire. I am looking for a modern use... Leasnam (talk) 06:04, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

I've added a cite from 1866. I verified that it is mires and not mites. The typographical similarity between mire and mite makes it difficult to search, as I get many scannos for "ants and mites", but this is definitely "mires". Will continue seeking... Leasnam (talk) 16:45, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

I've added a cite from 1833. I'm a bit perplexed and unsure that it truly refers to ants. I read the entire page, and the wet feet are due to rain. A road wet from rain is not a mire ("muddy or boggy area"), per se. A puddle in the road isn't really a mire either. And mires don't really crawl. It can go either way, but I'm leaning one way versus the other. Ants are known to appear out of the ground after rain soaks the ground, and the Chief at this point is not wearing his shoes, but I'm only about 78% convinced this cite hits the mark. Perhaps it's a play on words (?) Leasnam (talk) 02:16, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Strike that. I'm not convinced. A search for mire and mires elsewhere in the work clearly show it to be short for quagmire Leasnam (talk) 02:45, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

RFV Passed, although the quotations are pretty sketchy. Ioaxxere (talk) 19:19, 20 February 2023 (UTC)