| 单词 | quagginess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈquagginess ˈquagginess n. now rare the condition of being quaggy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marshy quality moorishness1598 bogginess1649 marishness1652 quagginess1653 ooziness1684 marshiness1710 sloppiness1727 swampiness1753 spoutiness1757 swash1864 swampishness1879 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > flabbiness or flaccidity quagginess1653 flagginess1654 slappiness1668 flaccidity1676 flabbiness1727 flaccidness1727 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 85 Considering the unsoundnesse and qagginesse of their [sc. Astrologers'] grounds. 1692 J. Shirley True Impartial Hist. Irel. (ed. 2) 105 The Season was very incommodious for marching, by reason of the rains and quagginess of the ground. 1895 A. Lang Angling Sketches 103 I tried..to wade through them within casting distance of the water, but was always driven off by the traitorous quagginess of the soil. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 692/1 Quagginess, a term used to indicate the defective condition of timber having shakes at the heart of the log. < as lemmas |
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