quaggy Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite (of soil) soft and watery
mucky; swampy; soggy; boggy; muddy; marshy; sloughy; sloppy; miry; waterlogged; squashy.
- 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
WordNet
Quag"gy adjective
Etymology
SeeDefinitions
Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. "O'er the watery strath, or quaggy moss." Collins.