queachy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkwiːt͡ʃi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -iːtʃi
Adjective
[edit]queachy (comparative more queachy, superlative most queachy)
- Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
- the queachy fens
- 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
- queachy sands
- (obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.
Synonyms
[edit]- (yielding or trembling under the feet): poachy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy
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