Sloughy
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
"Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of cutting scraws, (as they call them) which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins; or make up their ditches; sometimes in shallow soils, where all is gravel within a few inches; and sometimes in low ground, with a thin greensward, and sloughy underneath; which last turns all into bog, by this mismanagement."
- 2 Resembling dead skin.
- 1 (of soil) soft and watery wordnet
Example
More examples"Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of cutting scraws, (as they call them) which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins; or make up their ditches; sometimes in shallow soils, where all is gravel within a few inches; and sometimes in low ground, with a thin greensward, and sloughy underneath; which last turns all into bog, by this mismanagement."
Etymology
From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.
From slough (“shed skin; dead skin”) + -y.
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