morass

[ muh-ras ]
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noun
  1. a tract of low, soft, wet ground.

  2. a marsh or bog.

  1. marshy ground.

  2. any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement.

Origin of morass

1
1645–55; <Dutch moeras, alteration (by association with moer marsh; cf. moor1) of Middle Dutch maras<Old French mareis<Germanic. See marsh

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morass

/ (məˈræs) /


noun
  1. a tract of swampy low-lying land

  2. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress

Origin of morass

1
C17: from Dutch moeras, ultimately from Old French marais marsh

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