marshy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹʃi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃi
Adjective
[edit]marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)
- Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
- Synonyms: hoggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy
- the marshy nature of the ground
- 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:
- Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.
- 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
- West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].
- Growing in marshy ground.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of, or resembling a marsh; boggy
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growing in marshy ground
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