English Explanatory Dictionary

boggy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

Pronunciation

bŏ′-ɡē /ˈbɑ.ɡi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boggy.wav

Word forms

boggy boggier boggiest

Etymology

From bog + -y.

Synonyms

marshy swampy boggish boggy fennish fenny marish miry moorish moory morassy paludal paludine paludinous palustral palustrine palustrous poachy quaggy queachy sloughy slumpy spewy swaly swampish syrtic uliginous wiery

Derived words

boggily bogginess unboggy
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