marshy

Etymology

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.

adj

  1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
    the marshy nature of the ground
    West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, …. 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601
  2. Growing in marshy ground.

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