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swampy

US/ˈswɑmpi/ rare

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 swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).

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