marshy
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/ˈmɑɹʃi/
Definition of marshy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
“the marshy nature of the ground”
“Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.”
“West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].”
“Engineers chose a site for the 480-hectare plant on marshy ground at Hsiaokang, a small township near the southern seaport of Kaohsiung.”
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adj
-
Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
“the marshy nature of the ground”
“Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.”
“West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].”
“Engineers chose a site for the 480-hectare plant on marshy ground at Hsiaokang, a small township near the southern seaport of Kaohsiung.”
- Growing in marshy ground.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.
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