marshy

[ mahr-shee ]

/ ˈmɑr ʃi /

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adjective, marsh·i·er, marsh·i·est.

like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.

pertaining to a marsh.

consisting of or constituting a marsh, bog, swamp, or the like.

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Origin of marshy

First recorded in 1350–1400, marshy is from the Middle English word mershi.See marsh, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM marshy

marsh·i·ness, noun

Words nearby marshy

marsh tacky, marsh tit, marsh trefoil, marshwort, marsh wren, marshy, Marsilid, Marsilius of Padua, marsipobranch, Mars red, Marston

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How to use marshy in a sentence

The Pripyat River basin was marshy until industrialization intruded.
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Apaches used what was once a marshy ciénaga as a water hole for centuries.
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A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
The juncture was in a big, marshy, untillable flat, from which hills rose abruptly.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

Eastwards it fell away into a marshy tract filling the angle of the two rivers and intersected by watercourses.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The land on the western side of the gulf is high and rocky; but the opposite shore is very low, and apparently marshy.
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As in the low marshy ground at the mouths of the Liri and Volturno, malaria is very prevalent.
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British Dictionary definitions for marshy

marshy

/ (ˈmɑːʃɪ) /

adjective marshier or marshiest

of, involving, or like a marsh

Derived forms of marshy

marshiness, noun

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marshy

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