marshy
adj/ˈmɑɹʃi/US
Etymology
From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.
- inherited from mersshy
Definitions
Of, or resembling a marsh
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.
- 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, [...].
Growing in marshy ground.
The neighborhood
- synonymboggish
- synonymboggy
- synonymfennish
- synonymfenny
- synonymmarish
- synonymmarshy
- synonymmiry
- synonymmoorish
- synonymmoory
- synonymmorassy
- synonympaludal
- synonympaludine
- antonymfirm
- neighbordank
- neighborfetid
- neighbormucky
- neighbormuddy
- neighborsquelchy
- neighborsquishy
- neighborwetland
- neighborwet
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at marshy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at marshy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at marshy
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA