marshy

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh +‎ -y.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹʃi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃi

marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)

1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

   Synonyms: hoggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

   the marshy nature of the ground

   • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:

     Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.

   • 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

     West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].

2. Growing in marshy ground.

• marshiness