Quaggy

//ˈkwɒɡi// adj, name

adj, name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.

    "English oxen would be much distressed and frightened in such quaggy soil."

  2. 2
    Soft or flabby (of a person etc.).

    "Behold her then, spreading the whole troubled bed with her huge quaggy carcase: Her mill-post arms held up; her broad hands clenched with violence […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of soil) soft and watery wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A short river that passes through the London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Synonyms

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boggishboggyfennishfennyflabbymarish

Example

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"English oxen would be much distressed and frightened in such quaggy soil."

Etymology

From quag + -y.

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