uliginous

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ūlīginōsus (swampy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

Adjective

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uliginous (comparative more uliginous, superlative most uliginous)

  1. Slimy.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. []. Chapter IIII.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, [] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, [], London: [] Hen[ry] Brome [], →OCLC, page 179:
      [In] water ſtrongly boiled [] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; []
  2. Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
  3. Growing in muddy places.
    • 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Introduction to Class V. Of the Marine Corals.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; [], tome I, London: [] F[rancis] Fayram, []; J[ohn] Senex, []; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, [], →OCLC, page 118:
      The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement.
    • 1886, Asa Gray, Contributions to American Botany. A Revision of the North American Ranunculi[1]:
      Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves. [1]

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References

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  1. ^ Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Communicated March 13, 1886.