SWAMPY

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

swampy (comparative swampier, superlative swampiest)

Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.

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

Source: Wiktionary


Swamp"y, a.

Definition: Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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