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sloughy

adj
/ˈslaʊ.i//ˈslʌf.i/

Etymology

From slough (“shed skin; dead skin”) + -y.

  1. inherited from *slōhaz✻
  2. inherited from slōh
  3. inherited from slough
  4. formed as sloughy — “slough + -y”

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of a wetland

    Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.

    • The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.

  2. Resembling dead skin.

The neighborhood

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