quaggy

American  

[kwag-ee, kwog-ee] / ˈkwæg i, ˈkwɒg i /

adjective

quaggier, quaggiest

1. of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.

2. soft or flabby.

   quaggy flesh.

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quaggy British  

/ ˈkwɒɡɪ, ˈkwæɡɪ /

adjective

1. resembling a marsh or quagmire; boggy

2. yielding, soft, or flabby

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Other Word Forms

• quagginess noun

Etymology

Origin of quaggy

First recorded in 1600–10; quag + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In Scotland, they offered a way of avoiding a six-mile walk around a quaggy loch.

From The Guardian

They went by without a sound but the confused patter of weary feet upon the quaggy trail, and left an impressive silence behind them when they plunged into the gloom again.

From Project Gutenberg

The long train had run out of the forest in the night, and was now speeding over a vast white level which lay soft and quaggy in the sunshine, for the snow had lately gone.

From Project Gutenberg

They seemed to be a very long way off, and though he feared that he could not keep the sights upon any of them standing, the ground looked horribly quaggy to kneel in.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew well the evil record of that quaggy ground, and of the gleaming, sheening flats—the ruthless oozy flats which tell no tales.

From Project Gutenberg