fenny
Americanadjective
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boggy or marshy
fenny country
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found in, characteristic of, or growing in fens
Etymology
Origin of fenny
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fennig. See fen 1, -y 1
Example Sentences
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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018
It is a Custom with the Northern Lovers to divert themselves with a Song, whilst they Journey through the fenny Moors to pay a visit to their Mistresses.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
This brightness of his mind communicated itself to all the objects round him, to the sluggish waters of the Ouse, to dull, fenny Huntingdon, and to its commonplace inhabitants.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
East Friesland, as its name shews, is Frisian also; although, with a few exceptional localities in the very fenny districts, the language has been replaced by the German.
From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Stamford, and the tongue of Lincoln's fenny shire, upon which it is situated, were passed almost in a breath.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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