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单词 boggy
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boggyadj.

Brit. /ˈbɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈbɔɡi/, /ˈbɑɡi/
Etymology: < bog n.1 + -y suffix1.
a. Of the nature of, or characterized by, bog; swampy.
ΘΚΠ
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
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 168/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He passed through the boggie mounteine of Slewlougher into Kerrie.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 5 Drunk up by some boggie, spongious earth.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 939 Quencht in a Boggie Syrtis, neither Sea, Nor good dry Land. View more context for this quotation
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fir tree Venice and Amsterdam are built on Piles of this timber driven into boggy Places.
1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 104 Composed of rocky hillocks and boggy hollows.
figurative.a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 32 Let mee drayn my boggy soule from those corrupted, inbred humors.
b. transferred. Of a soft, spongy consistency; flabby.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > flabby or flaccid
bloatc1300
quavya1398
lennow1528
fobbya1535
flaggya1565
limber1592
quaggy1611
flaccid1620
frothy1626
boggy1664
flabby1697
limp1706
loppy1855
limpsy1865
huffy1890
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 66 Carried with the Bloud..up into the Brain, and there by that lax and boggy substance are imbibed.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 639 The flesh boggy to the touch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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