gyttja

[ yit-chah ]

noun

, Geology.

1. a mud rich in organic matter, found at the bottom or near the shore of certain lakes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyttja¹

1885–90; < Swedish, akin to gjuta to pour

Example Sentences

He does not read books for pleasure, yet he studies words daily and has memorized thousands of words — he confidently played “gyttja” in the final — without knowing their definitions.

From Washington Post

Next, they compared the gyttja with ice and sea-sediment cores from adjacent areas—some of the most reliable records of climate change.

From The New Yorker

In the eighty-five hundred years recorded in the gyttja, a volcano on Deception Island—seventy miles away as the albatross flies—erupted explosively seven times.

From The New Yorker

In the eighty-five hundred years recorded in the gyttja, a volcano on Deception Island—seventy miles away as the albatross flies—erupted explosively seven times.

From The New Yorker

Next, they compared the gyttja with ice and sea-sediment cores from adjacent areas—some of the most reliable records of climate change.

From The New Yorker