marshy

[ mahr-shee ]

adjective

, marsh·i·er, marsh·i·est.

1. like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
2. pertaining to a marsh.
3. consisting of or constituting a marsh, bog, swamp, or the like.

marshy

/ ˈmɑːʃɪ /

adjective

1. of, involving, or like a marsh

Derived Forms

• ˈmarshiness, noun

Other Words From

• marshi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of marshy¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, marshy is from the Middle English word mershi. See marsh, -y ¹

Example Sentences

The Pripyat River basin was marshy until industrialization intruded.

From Popular-Science

Apaches used what was once a marshy ciénaga as a water hole for centuries.

From The Daily Beast

A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields.

From Project Gutenberg

The juncture was in a big, marshy, untillable flat, from which hills rose abruptly.

From Project Gutenberg

Eastwards it fell away into a marshy tract filling the angle of the two rivers and intersected by watercourses.

From Project Gutenberg

The land on the western side of the gulf is high and rocky; but the opposite shore is very low, and apparently marshy.

From Project Gutenberg

As in the low marshy ground at the mouths of the Liri and Volturno, malaria is very prevalent.

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Related Words

• soggy