mosey
Signification (Anglais)
- (US, dialectal, intransitive) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
- (US, dialectal, intransitive) To go off quickly: to hurry up.
- (US, dialectal, intransitive) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
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/ˈmoʊ.zi/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”) * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”)) * proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led
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