Quicksandlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of quicksand.

    "Even though the beavers had moved on, the silt remained as a deep, inviting, wet, and murky mass of quicksandlike mud."

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"Even though the beavers had moved on, the silt remained as a deep, inviting, wet, and murky mass of quicksandlike mud."

Etymology

From quicksand + -like.

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