syrtic
adjEtymology From syrt + -ic.
1
Of or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.
- The marshy ground gradually disappeared, and the rest of the Syrtic region, though arid and dreary in a high degree, presented from time to time little valleys or detached spots, the verdure of which afforded an agreeable relief.The Edinburgh Review (volume 14? 48? page 225)