boggy

[bog-ee, baw-gee]

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adjective, bog·gi·er, bog·gi·est.

containing or full of bogs: It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.

wet and spongy: The ground is boggy under foot.

Origin:
1580–90; bog¹ + -y¹

Related forms

bog·gi·ness, noun

un·bog·gy, adjective

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bog (bɒɡ)

—n
1.	wet spongy ground consisting of decomposing vegetation, which ultimately forms peat
2.	an area of such ground
3.	a place or thing that prevents or slows progress or improvement
4.	a slang word for lavatory
5.	slang (Austral) the act or an instance of defecating

[C13: from Gaelic bogach swamp, from bog soft]

'boggy

—*adj*

'bogginess

—n

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Word Origin & History

boggy

1580s, from bog + -y (2).

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"Far up in the country,—for we would be faithful to our experience,—in Thornton, perhaps, we met a soldier lad in the woods, going to muster in full regimentals, and holding the middle of the road; deep in the forest, with shouldered musket and military step, and thoughts of war and glory all to himself. It was a sore trial to the youth, tougher than many a battle, to get by us creditably and with soldier-like bearing. Poor man! He actually shivered like a reed in his thin military pants, and by the time we had got up with him, all the sternness that becomes the soldier had forsaken his face, and he skulked past as if he were driving his father's sheep under a sword-proof helmet. It was too much for him to carry any extra armor then, who could not easily dispose of his natural arms. And for his legs, they were like heavy artillery in boggy places; better to cut the traces and forsake them. His greaves chafed and wrestled one with another for want of other foes. But he did get by and get off with all his munitions, and lived to fight another day; and I do not record this as casting any suspicion on his honor and real bravery in the field."

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