quaggy

American  

[kwag-ee, kwog-ee] / ˈkwæg i, ˈkwɒg i /

adjective

quaggier, quaggiest

1. of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.

2. soft or flabby.

   quaggy flesh.

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quaggy British  

/ ˈkwɒɡɪ, ˈkwæɡɪ /

adjective

1. resembling a marsh or quagmire; boggy

2. yielding, soft, or flabby

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Other Word Forms

• quagginess noun

Etymology

Origin of quaggy

First recorded in 1600–10; quag + -y ¹

Example Sentences

In Scotland, they offered a way of avoiding a six-mile walk around a quaggy loch.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2016

He knew well the evil record of that quaggy ground, and of the gleaming, sheening flats—the ruthless oozy flats which tell no tales.

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary

The long train had run out of the forest in the night, and was now speeding over a vast white level which lay soft and quaggy in the sunshine, for the snow had lately gone.

From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold

We bore to the south down a descent, and came to some moory, quaggy ground intersected with water-courses. 

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

She pointed toward a spot where the ravine widened into a level strip of quaggy grass and moss which glowed a brilliant emerald.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold