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
Finsbury was so called from the fenny district in which it lay.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
Fenchurch-street, from a fenny or moorish ground by a river side.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
Not far a lake extends, a space once fill'd “With human 'habitants, whose waves now swarm “With fenny coots, and cormorants alone.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
Beside these, there is nothing approximating the natural meadows of New England, the fenny, oozy flats of nearly all inhabited countries.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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