bog asphodel

Save This Word!

noun

any of several plants of the genus Narthecium, of the lily family, having yellowish flowers and growing in boggy places.

QUIZZES

WERE YOU BAMBOOZLED BY THE WORDS FROM FEBRUARY?

We understand! Words are tricky that way. Take this quiz on the Words of the Day from February, 2021, to show that you’re far from frumious!

Question 1 of 10

Which Word of the Day means “happening within or being the created world of a story”?

diegetic

cheeseparing

parlous

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of bog asphodel

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby bog asphodel

Bogalusa, bogan, Bogarde, bogart, Bogart, Humphrey, bog asphodel, Boğazköy, bogbean, bog cotton, bog deal, bog down

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for bog asphodel

The aerial shots were so sharp they could see every bog hole.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whoever can stay on offense and avoid the gaffe or the policy bog will have the upper hand in the debate.
Brett O’Donnell’s Guide to Tonight’s Veep Debate|Brett O’Donnell|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency can bog down any other agency by encumbering agency rules or policies.
The Ugly Truth About Financial-Regulatory Reform|Harvey Pitt|July 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Intermittent, torrential rain showers turned the rutted, cratered road into a bog of red mud.
Congo's Feminist Fight|Linda Bird Francke|July 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Over the bogs and through the marshes, the madness of despair within him, he heeded not the deep ditches and the bog-pools.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Hope had gone, dreams were unreal and vanishing as the mist that crawled along the bog-pools at night.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Our trenches are a perfect bog; I shall find some difficulty in getting round them to-night even if we are not driven out of them.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
I strove to creep out into the bog, seeking a footing, but the swamp quaked and the smooth surface trembled like jelly in a bowl.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
He shook himself out of this depressing bog of reflection and went to see Archie Lawanne.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for bog asphodel

bog asphodel

noun

either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

bog asphodel

noun

QUIZZES

WERE YOU BAMBOOZLED BY THE WORDS FROM FEBRUARY?

Origin of bog asphodel

Words nearby bog asphodel

Example sentences from the Web for bog asphodel

British Dictionary definitions for bog asphodel

noun