quagn.

Brit.

/kwaɡ/,

/kwɒɡ/, U.S.

/kwæɡ/,

/kwɑɡ/

Forms: 1500s 1700s quage, 1600s quagge, 1600s–1700s quagg, 1600s– quag, 1800s– quog (English regional (midlands)).

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Apparently related to quag v.¹ and quagmire n.: see discussion at quagmire n. Perhaps compare earlier quab n.¹, quaw n.It is uncertain whether the same word is shown by the following (isolated) example of Older Scots quaig:1582 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 425 Terris de Ratherun Striueling, alias Quaigis de Strathallun, Classingallis, Schaner, [etc.].

A marshy or boggy spot, esp. one covered with vegetation which gives way underfoot. In extended use and figurative: a place or thing which resembles a marsh in some way. Cf. quagmire n.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog

mizzyc1400

quawa1500

quick-mire1509

quavemire1530

quallmire1553

quamire1555

quagmire1566

quakemire1577

gog-mire1583

quag1589

quabmire1597

quadmire1610

bog-mire1624

bumby1632

quick1648

trembling bog1697

shake-bog1815

quake1896

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated

pounda1500

quavemire1530

fang1535

quamire1555

pit1577

quagmire1577

bog1614

hobble1775

vortex1779

quag1842

1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 16 Where you finde quicke sands, quages, and such like.

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 342 Moorfields, which in former times, was but a fenny quagge, or moore.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 191 Young men..walk upon a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 244 Tho' Law and Justice were of slender growth, Within his Quag Brain.

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata iii. 10 The trees of the lighter sort swimming aloft, and the heavier ones, either sticking in the Quag, or trailing in the Bottom.

1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 280 Upon mentioning the lag-wind shake and the quag-shake, Sir Anthony Dean said, that it happens to trees growing in a light ground.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 253 We keep the road, Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells.

1842 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity II. 480 Thoughtless thousands of the people are thus beguiled into the filthiest quags of ‘abominable idolatry’.

1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems 252 I..fouled my feet in quag-water.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 15 The tide would not have flowed sufficiently..to cover Graden Floe and the other sea quags that fortified the shore against invaders.

1888 Church Times 27 Jan. 68/3 All who are trying to find a way out of the Vatican quag, without turning Protestants.

1904 Daily Chron. 18 May 3/4 Her clothes were a quag of blood.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. v. 276 Rocky outcrops, swamps and quags, geysirs and boiling mud.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 1390/3 Centre 42 and the like sank precisely in quags of..pseudery and trendiness.

1989 N. Cave And Ass saw Angel Prol. ix. 29 Rate of sinkage will accelerate as the quag takes more weight beneath the surface and so has more body-mass upon which to draw.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quagv.¹int.

Brit.

/kwaɡ/,

/kwɒɡ/, U.S.

/kwæɡ/,

/kwɑɡ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– quag, 1600s quagge.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Apparently related to quag n. and quagmire n.: see discussion at quagmire n. Eng. Dial. Dict. also records a form quaggle with the sense ‘to shake like a jelly’ from Berkshire and Hampshire in the late 19th cent. (compare -le suffix 3).

Now English regional.

intransitive. Of something soft or flabby: to quake. In later use only of boggy ground.In quot. 1596 as int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > as something soft or flabby

quag1596

wobble1748

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P3 Clapping the Doctor with a lusty blow on the shoulder, that made his legs bow vnder him, & his guts cry quag againe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brimbaler,..to shake, swag, or quag, as a great dug, or th' vnsound flesh of a foggie person.

1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. vi. sig. E2 That To him a strutting panch may quagge with fat?

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 115 His dropsie swollen thighes Quagg'd as he went.

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xlviii Many a poor head will ache, and many a poor belly quag, if it is so bad as they tell me.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Cant 'e veel this yer boggy ground quag as us walks awver 't.

1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 91 Quag, to shake, as boggy ground under the feet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quagv.²

Brit.

/kwaɡ/,

/kwɒɡ/, U.S.

/kwæɡ/,

/kwɑɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quag n.

Etymology: < quag n.

transitive. To submerge (a person) in a quag (usually figurative); to turn (an area) into a quag.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (reflexive)] > become stuck

quag1673

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 385 Unfortunately..you sink deeper and quag your self in your Roman-Empire.

1925 Trans. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 32 88 The prairies were quagged with bogs, swamps and stagnant bodies of water.

1996 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 4 The heavens opened on Sunday morning, the Clevedon polo grounds would have been quagged into a mire.

1998 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Aug. 6 The mire one gets quagged into by examining the inequities upon which feminism's fight was predicated long ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1589

v.¹int.1596

v.²1673

单词	quag
释义	quagn. Brit. /kwaɡ/, /kwɒɡ/, U.S. /kwæɡ/, /kwɑɡ/ Forms: 1500s 1700s quage, 1600s quagge, 1600s–1700s quagg, 1600s– quag, 1800s– quog (English regional (midlands)). Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Apparently related to quag v.¹ and quagmire n.: see discussion at quagmire n. Perhaps compare earlier quab n.¹, quaw n.It is uncertain whether the same word is shown by the following (isolated) example of Older Scots quaig:1582 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 425 Terris de Ratherun Striueling, alias Quaigis de Strathallun, Classingallis, Schaner, [etc.]. A marshy or boggy spot, esp. one covered with vegetation which gives way underfoot. In extended use and figurative: a place or thing which resembles a marsh in some way. Cf. quagmire n. ΘΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog mizzyc1400 quawa1500 quick-mire1509 quavemire1530 quallmire1553 quamire1555 quagmire1566 quakemire1577 gog-mire1583 quag1589 quabmire1597 quadmire1610 bog-mire1624 bumby1632 quick1648 trembling bog1697 shake-bog1815 quake1896 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits > from which it is difficult to be extricated pounda1500 quavemire1530 fang1535 quamire1555 pit1577 quagmire1577 bog1614 hobble1775 vortex1779 quag1842 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 16 Where you finde quicke sands, quages, and such like. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 342 Moorfields, which in former times, was but a fenny quagge, or moore. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 191 Young men..walk upon a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 244 Tho' Law and Justice were of slender growth, Within his Quag Brain. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata iii. 10 The trees of the lighter sort swimming aloft, and the heavier ones, either sticking in the Quag, or trailing in the Bottom. 1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 280 Upon mentioning the lag-wind shake and the quag-shake, Sir Anthony Dean said, that it happens to trees growing in a light ground. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 253 We keep the road, Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells. View more context for this quotation 1842 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity II. 480 Thoughtless thousands of the people are thus beguiled into the filthiest quags of ‘abominable idolatry’. 1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems 252 I..fouled my feet in quag-water. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 15 The tide would not have flowed sufficiently..to cover Graden Floe and the other sea quags that fortified the shore against invaders. 1888 Church Times 27 Jan. 68/3 All who are trying to find a way out of the Vatican quag, without turning Protestants. 1904 Daily Chron. 18 May 3/4 Her clothes were a quag of blood. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. v. 276 Rocky outcrops, swamps and quags, geysirs and boiling mud. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 1390/3 Centre 42 and the like sank precisely in quags of..pseudery and trendiness. 1989 N. Cave And Ass saw Angel Prol. ix. 29 Rate of sinkage will accelerate as the quag takes more weight beneath the surface and so has more body-mass upon which to draw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quagv.¹int. Brit. /kwaɡ/, /kwɒɡ/, U.S. /kwæɡ/, /kwɑɡ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– quag, 1600s quagge. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Apparently related to quag n. and quagmire n.: see discussion at quagmire n. Eng. Dial. Dict. also records a form quaggle with the sense ‘to shake like a jelly’ from Berkshire and Hampshire in the late 19th cent. (compare -le suffix 3). Now English regional. intransitive. Of something soft or flabby: to quake. In later use only of boggy ground.In quot. 1596 as int. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > as something soft or flabby quag1596 wobble1748 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P3 Clapping the Doctor with a lusty blow on the shoulder, that made his legs bow vnder him, & his guts cry quag againe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brimbaler,..to shake, swag, or quag, as a great dug, or th' vnsound flesh of a foggie person. 1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. vi. sig. E2 That To him a strutting panch may quagge with fat? 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 115 His dropsie swollen thighes Quagg'd as he went. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xlviii Many a poor head will ache, and many a poor belly quag, if it is so bad as they tell me. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Cant 'e veel this yer boggy ground quag as us walks awver 't. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 91 Quag, to shake, as boggy ground under the feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quagv.² Brit. /kwaɡ/, /kwɒɡ/, U.S. /kwæɡ/, /kwɑɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quag n. Etymology: < quag n. transitive. To submerge (a person) in a quag (usually figurative); to turn (an area) into a quag. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (reflexive)] > become stuck quag1673 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 385 Unfortunately..you sink deeper and quag your self in your Roman-Empire. 1925 Trans. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 32 88 The prairies were quagged with bogs, swamps and stagnant bodies of water. 1996 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 4 The heavens opened on Sunday morning, the Clevedon polo grounds would have been quagged into a mire. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Aug. 6 The mire one gets quagged into by examining the inequities upon which feminism's fight was predicated long ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589v.¹int.1596v.²1673
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