quaggy

[ kwag-ee, kwog-ee ]

adjective

, quag·gi·er, quag·gi·est.

1. of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.
2. soft or flabby:

   quaggy flesh.

quaggy

/ ˈkwɒɡɪ; ˈkwæɡɪ /

adjective

1. resembling a marsh or quagmire; boggy
2. yielding, soft, or flabby

Derived Forms

• ˈquagginess, noun

Other Words From

• quaggi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quaggy¹

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

Example Sentences

Chicken coops are quaggy with snowmelt.

From The Guardian

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

From The Guardian

He was also key to the development of the ongoing Thames Gateway parklands project, and championed the opening up of hidden river courses across the city, such as the Quaggy, in a pro bono capacity as a community activist and advocate.

From The Guardian

They went by without a sound but the confused patter of weary feet upon the quaggy trail, and left an impressive silence behind them when they plunged into the gloom again.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a little easier where there was only foul slime and water, and in places there were signs of a path, that is, they could see where somebody else had floundered through the quaggy waste of corruption.

From Project Gutenberg