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miry

UK/ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

(of soil) soft and watery

  • “the ground was boggy under foot”
  • “a marshy coastline”
  • “miry roads”
  • “wet mucky lowland”
  • “muddy barnyard”
  • “quaggy terrain”
  • “the sloughy edge of the pond”
  • “swampy bayous”
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Origin

From Middle English myry, equivalent to mire + -y.

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