bogland

noun

Etymology

From bog + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-
  2. inherited from *landą
  3. inherited from *land
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as bogland — “bog + land

Definitions

  1. Land that is predominantly boggy

    Land that is predominantly boggy; marshland.

    • I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.
    • Even when it has been drained, the bogland does not make a very stable roadbed.
    • I moved west to the moody, slightly creepy bogland zone called Zangarmarsh and became my server’s first Level 62er just before noon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bogland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA