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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