morassyadj.
/məˈrasi/, U.S. /məˈræsi/, /mɔˈræsi/ Now rare.
Of, relating to, or found in a morass; having the characteristics of a morass; consisting of wet spongy ground.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]
fen-lichc1000
fennyc1000
mooryOE
marshya1382
marshlyc1410
moorisha1492
queachy?a1500
marish1549
plashya1552
foggy?1555
fen-like1561
undrained1573
fennish1577
boggy1587
paludious1595
wealy1601
marishy1607
snapy1607
uliginous1610
quagmiry1623
paludiate1632
boggish1633
pooly1652
swampy1661
spouty1677
gouty1686
pondy1687
morassy1699
sloppy1699
lairy17..
soggya1722
swampish1725
splashy1727
squashy1751
haggy1765
gaulty1784
slumpy1823
sumpy1824
paludine1852
paludic1854
paludinal1856
paludian1860
paludinous1866
paludal1871
paludial1875
morassic1893
muskeggy1894
swamped1899
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 160 The Land on the backside of the Town seems to be morassy.
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) July iii. 24 For improving low, morassy, and fenny Grounds.
1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 3 Our next operation was to build a wall of clay against the morassy sides of the well.
1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) II. x. 219 The ground was uneven, though not bouldery, nor morassy.
1919 Sci. Monthly Oct. 359 They are most frequent in watery and morassy grounds.
Compounds
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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > bog
bog-mine1590
bog-mine-ore1764
bog ore1772
bog iron ore1789
swampy iron ore1796
morassy iron ore1801
morass ore1805
black ram1808
limonite1823
swamp-ore1839
1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 240/1 Morassy iron ore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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