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BOGGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of soil) soft and watery

Example:

swampy bayous

Synonyms:

boggy; marshy; miry; mucky; muddy; quaggy; sloppy; sloughy; soggy; squashy; swampy; waterlogged

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Adjectives

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Derivation:

bog (wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel)

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