boggy

[ bog-ee, baw-gee ]

/ ˈbɒg i, ˈbɔ gi /

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adjective, bog·gi·er, bog·gi·est.

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

wet and spongy: The ground is boggy under foot.

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Origin of boggy

First recorded in 1580–90; bog¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM boggy

bog·gi·ness, nounun·bog·gy, adjective

Words nearby boggy

bogger, bogging, boggle, boggler, boggle the mind, boggy, Boghazköy, boghead coal, bog hole, bogie, bog in

How to use boggy in a sentence

It ended in a broad open moor, stony; and full of damp boggy hollows, forlorn and desolate under the autumn sky.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
We worked rather towards Bertry, avoiding woods and boggy bits, but the line wasn't easy to keep.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade|Edward Lord Gleichen
Occasionally a more insecure area was encountered, where one of us would go down to the thighs in the boggy ground.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
As the soil is soft, and the slope very gentle till near the Miosson, the bottom of this hollow may well have been boggy.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

Boggy pools there are, especially on the western side (all drained in our time).
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle