adjective
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Etymology
Origin of rushy
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rush 2, -y 1
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"It's almost a religion for me," he says, citing "the rushy, on-edge feeling anything can happen at any moment."
From Time Magazine Archive
Flame-like the twain meet on the rushy floor— And vanish.
From Etain the Beloved and Other Poems by Cousins, James Henry
Haste, or e'er the third hour glowing With its eager thirst prevail O'er the moist pearls, now bestrowing Thymy slope and rushy vale.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
We were now on a heathery table-land, with patches of splashy, rushy ground, from which the snipe flickered out as the hounds cast themselves through it.
From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin
This apex consisted of a piece of rather marshy rushy ground.
From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela
The Little Loch was the rushiest and reediest little rascal that ever rustled, and he was on the very edge of the Moor.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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