marri

marri

1. Corymbia calophylla, an Australian tree.

From Middle French marri, from Old French mari (“grieved, sad”), past participle of marir (“to get angry, become distressed”), from Frankish *marrijan (“to hinder, prevent, make angry”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to prevent, obstruct, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”). Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren (“to prevent, bother, make angry”). Compare also Old French esmeriz (“flustered, grieved”), from the same source. More at maraud, mar.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi/
• Homophones: mari, Marie

marri (feminine singular marrie, masculine plural marris, feminine plural marries)

1. (obsolete) flustered, angry
2. (archaic) saddened, sad; despondent
3. (archaic) ruthful, rueful, contrite

• repentant
• contrit
• fâché
• pénitent

• “marri” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• mari

marri m (oblique and nominative feminine singular marrie)

1. angry; angered
   • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 906:

     Li asne est marri lores quant fait sun cri

     the donkey is angry when he does his cry

• Middle French: marri
  • French: marri (obsolete, archaic)