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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

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Example sentences from the Web for boggy

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

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