plashy

American  

[plash-ee] / ˈplæʃ i /

adjective

plashier, plashiest

1. marshy; wet.

2. splashing.

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plashy British  

/ ˈplæʃɪ /

adjective

1. wet or marshy

2. splashing or splashy

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Etymology

Origin of plashy

First recorded in 1545–55; plash ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

“Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole — would that be it?”

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2015

She, in a walk, coming to a "plashy place," hesitated to proceed, when he "cast and spread his new plush cloak on the ground" for her to tread on.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

The gay cavalier flung his rich embroidered mantle across the plashy spot for an instantaneous foot-cloth, not unknowing that an act of gallantry was sure to win the susceptible coquetry of his royal mistress.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Red flamingoes haunt "The plashy brink, or marge of river wide," while on the broad open plain the birds most seen are crows!

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)