swampishadj.
/ˈswɒmpɪʃ/ = swampy adj.
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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
1725 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Portland (1901) VI. 121 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 676) XXXVI. i. 1 The ground is very swampish and damp.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 123 Passing over a swampish level.
Derivatives
ˈswampishness n.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marshy quality
moorishness1598
bogginess1649
marishness1652
quagginess1653
ooziness1684
marshiness1710
sloppiness1727
swampiness1753
spoutiness1757
swash1864
swampishness1879
1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. 20 The road at first lay through a valley without a river, but some swampishness nourished some rank swamp-grass.
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