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swampy

adj

Etymology

From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).

  1. inherited from *sumpaz✻
  2. inherited from *sump✻
  3. derived from *sump✻ — “swamp, marsh”
  4. derived from sump — “marsh, swamp”
  5. derived from somp
  6. inherited from sompe — “marsh, morass”
  7. inherited from *swammaz✻
  8. inherited from *swamm✻
  9. inherited from swamm — “mushroom, fungus, sponge”
  10. inherited from swam — “swamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh”, also “fungus, mushroom”
  11. suffixed as swampy — “swamp + y”

Definitions

  1. Soggy and marshy

    Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.

    • swampy land
    • swampy armpits

  2. Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.

    • Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far.

The neighborhood

Derived

swampily, swampiness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swampy. 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