fenny

[ fen-ee ]

/ ˈfɛn i /

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adjective

marshy.

inhabiting or growing in fens.

Nearby words

fenland, fenman, fennec, fennel, fennelflower, fenny, fenoprofen, fenrir, fens, fens, the, fenster

Origin of fenny

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fennig. See fen¹, -y¹

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Examples from the Web for fenny

For purchasing and improving the fenny lands in Lincolnshire.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions|Charles Mackay
Now called Fenny Drayton; a little hamlet about five miles from Nuneaton, in a flat, though beautiful farming country.
George Fox|George Fox
Stamford, and the tongue of Lincoln's fenny shire, upon which it is situated, were passed almost in a breath.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
Finsbury was so called from the fenny district in which it lay.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke

I made similar inquiries at Fenny Stratford, and again at Dunstable, still without result.
The Motor Pirate|George Sidney Paternoster

British Dictionary definitions for fenny

fenny

/ (ˈfɛnɪ) /

adjective

boggy or marshyfenny country

found in, characteristic of, or growing in fens

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fenny

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fenny

adjective