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Syrtic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.

    "The marshy ground gradually disappeared, and the rest of the Syrtic region, though arid and dreary in a high degree, presented from time to time little valleys or detached spots, the verdure of which afforded an agreeable relief."

Etymology

From syrt + -ic.

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