boggy

[ bog-ee, baw-gee ]

/ ˈbɒg i, ˈbɔ gi /

containing or full of bogs: It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.

wet and spongy: The ground is boggy under foot.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1580–90; bog¹ + -y¹

Related formsbog·gi·ness, nounun·bog·gy, adjective

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We fought our way through the oak wood, and out over a boggy bounds ditch into open country at last.
All on the Irish Shore|E. Somerville and Martin Ross
Quagmire, kwag′mīr, n. wet, boggy ground that yields under the feet.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Calla palustris is a beautiful bog–plant, and I know nothing that produces a more pleasing effect over rich, soft, boggy ground.
The Wild Garden|William Robinson
That part of the Fens is uninhabited, a boggy, marshy, ghostly spot which no one in the whole countryside will cross at night.
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame|Mary E. Hanshew

The damper proved "just a bit boggy" in the middle, so we ate the crisp outside slices and gave the boggy parts to the boys.
We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn