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adjective
(marshier; -est)
Date: 14th century
1. resembling or constituting a marsh <marshy ground> 2. relating to or occurring in marshes <marshy vegetation> • marshiness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
marshy
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marshy — marsh y (m[aum]rsh [y^]), a. [E. {Marsh}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
marshy — (adj.) late 14c., from MARSH (Cf. marsh) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Marshiness … Etymology dictionary
marshy — [adj] swampy boggy, fenny, miry, moory, mucky, paludal, quaggy, soggy; concept 509 … New thesaurus
marshy — [mär′shē] adj. marshier, marshiest 1. of, consisting of, or containing a marsh or marshes 2. like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy; swampy 3. growing in marshes marshiness n … English World dictionary
marshy — UK [ˈmɑː(r)ʃɪ] / US [ˈmɑrʃɪ] adjective Word forms marshy : adjective marshy comparative marshier superlative marshiest marshy land is soft and wet … English dictionary
marshy — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)ʃi[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Marshy land is always wet and muddy. ...the broad, marshy plain of the River Spey … English dictionary
marshy — adjective a) Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. b) Growing in marshy ground … Wiktionary
marshy — adj. Marshy is used with these nouns: ↑ground, ↑terrain … Collocations dictionary
marshy — marsh ► NOUN ▪ an area of low lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide and typically remains waterlogged. DERIVATIVES marshy adjective. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
marshy — adjective (of soil) soft and watery the ground was boggy under foot a marshy coastline miry roads wet mucky lowland muddy barnyard quaggy terrain the sloughy edge of the pond swa … Useful english dictionary
