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MIRY
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot”; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
miry (comparative mirier, superlative miriest)
Relating to a mire; swampy, boggy. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms
• (like a mire): boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, swampy; see also marshy
Anagrams
• Ymir, rimy
Source: Wiktionary
Mir"y, a. Etym: [From 2d Mire.]
Definition: Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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