单词 | quagging |
释义 | quaggingadj. = quaggy adj. (in either sense). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > quaking bog quicka1300 quaggy1596 quagginga1627 quagmired1793 the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective] > flabby flaggya1565 flappy1598 quaggy1611 flaccid1620 quagginga1627 pendulous1822 slummocky?1861 a1627 H. Shirley in G. Anstruther Vaux of Harrowden (1953) iii. iv. 425 And forth he sturdy Corpes hee launches Wth Quiuering thighes and Quaging paunches. 1672 M. Atkins Cataplus 32 Much like unto a privy dungeon For quagging Scutt of baud to lunge on. 1832 R. Brindley Compend. Naval Archit. ix. 144 The quagging sand bank. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Metrop. Tabernacle Pulpit XV. 51 A quagging bog. 1962 R. Skelton Dark Window 46 She bends to straighten nylons; quagging buttocks shake. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1627 |
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