quagmire
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noun
1.
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
2.
a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness.
3.
anything soft or flabby.
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quagmire (ˈkwæɡˌmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog |
| 2. | an awkward, complex, or embarrassing situation |
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Quagmire
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
quagmire
1579, from obsolete quag "bog, marsh" + mire. Quag is a variant of M.E. quabbe "a marsh, bog," from O.E. *cwabba "shake, tremble" (like something soft and flabby). Extended sense of "difficult situation, inextricable position" is first recorded 1775.
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Example sentences
He is in a quagmire right now and maybe doesn't know how to get out.
Today physicists are still stuck in the same quagmire.
In spite of the heavy rains that made a quagmire of the course, the races were exciting from start to finish.
So it's in his interest to help those students manage their plastic wisely and avoid the quagmire of credit-card debt.
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