plashy

American  

[plash-ee] / ˈplæʃ i /

adjective

plashier, plashiest

1. marshy; wet.

2. splashing.

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ˈplashy British  

/ ˈplæʃɪ /

adjective

1. wet or marshy

2. splashing or splashy

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Etymology

Origin of plashy

First recorded in 1545–55; plash ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”

From New York Times

Red flamingoes haunt "The plashy brink, or marge of river wide," while on the broad open plain the birds most seen are crows!

From Project Gutenberg

She spoke, and downward from the mountain's height Plung'd in the plashy wave to everlasting night.

From Project Gutenberg

And soon the rolling mist, that 'gan arise From plashy mead and undiscover'd stream, Earth's morning incense to the early skies, Crept o'er the failing landscape of my dream.

From Project Gutenberg

The roads became plashy and rutted, the sides of them silent with fallen leaves under foot.

From Project Gutenberg