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单词 muskeggy
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muskeggyadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌskɛɡi/, U.S. /ˈməˌskɛɡi/, Canadian English /ˈmʌˌskeɡi/
Forms: 1800s muskegy, 1800s– muskeggy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muskeg n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < muskeg n. + -y suffix1.
Chiefly Canadian.
Consisting of muskegs or swamps.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]
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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
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 802 Muskeggy prairies of varying size.
1897 G. Young Manitoba Memories xviii. 291 From that point to Lake Winnipeg, about fifteen miles, we passed over a marshy, muskegy region.
1903 A. C. P. Haggard Sporting Yarns 98 After a while this prairie..developed into muskeggy swamp.
1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife i. 24 We axed our way through a deadly, burned-over muskeggy country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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