sloughy

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Pronunciation

/ˈslaʊ.i/

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/ˈslaʊ.i/ · /ˈslu.i/ · /ˈslʌf.i/

Definition of sloughy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

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.”
“The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.”

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adj

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.”
“The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.”
Resembling dead skin.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.

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