marshy
adjUS /ˈmɑɹʃi/
Etymology From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.
1
Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
- the marshy nature of the ground
- 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.1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:
2 more examples
- 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, [...].1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
- Engineers chose a site for the 480-hectare plant on marshy ground at Hsiaokang, a small township near the southern seaport of Kaohsiung.1982 December 5, “China Steel lives up to promise”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
2
Growing in marshy ground.
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- firm
- Derived terms
- marshily, marshiness
- Hypernyms
- wet