soggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈsɑɡi/

Forms: Also 1800s dialect zoggy.

Etymology: < sog n.¹ or sog v.

Originally dialect and U.S.

In B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iii. ii. [viii.] (‘this greene and soggie multitude’) the correct reading is probably ‘foggie’, a common word at that date.

1. Of land: Soaked with water or moisture; boggy, swampy, marshy.

ΘΚΠ

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

fen-lichc1000

fennyc1000

mooryOE

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

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 49 If the ground falls small, then it may lie soggy and spungy.

1805 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 398 Zoggy, wet, boggy.

1869 B. Taylor Byeways of Europe I. 247 The soil..already looked soggy and drenched.

1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 351/2 These country roads are..frost-laden and wet, and soft and soggy.

a. Saturated with wet; soppy, soaked.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective]

thorough wetOE

drunk1382

drunkenc1420

uliginosec1440

dung wetc1450

drookeda1522

wet through, to the skin1526

sogginga1552

washed1557

washy1566

muck-wet1567

wringing wet1570

drenched1589

dropsy1605

ydrenched1610

sobby1611

dropsieda1616

slocken1643

uliginous1650

dabbling1661

sodded1661

sobbing1664

sobbed1693

flashy1702

saturated1728

saturate1785

livereda1796

sappy1806

laving1812

sodden1820

sopped1822

soppy1823

soaked1829

dropsical1845

soddened1845

soaking wet1847

soggya1852

sogged1860

soaking1864

sopping1866

soaken1898

astream1929

a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxix. 375 Oh yes, to be sure it needs sugar, the best o' sugar, too; not this wet, soggy, brown sugar.

1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xii. 155 He looked out on..fields of soggy, soaked snow.

1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 98 Crumbly, soggy timber.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 19 All he brought up was a soggy packet of cigarettes.

1964 Guardian 9 Sept. 5/8 Plastic-macked parents and hordes of soggy children.

b. Resulting from, caused by, moistness or wetness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > resulting from or caused by wetness

soggy1877

1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 126 The skin..is observed to be of a whitish or yellowish color, and to have a soggy appearance.

1881 Harper's Mag. Oct. 650 Every footstep giving out a soggy wheeze from his old wet boots.

3. Of bread: Sodden, heavy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > soggy or imperfectly baked

dough-baken?a1450

clammy1530

doughish1556

doughy1578

dough-baked1582

slack-baked1823

sod1836

soggy1868

1868 F. Whymper Trav. Alaska v. 61 We varied a diet of soggy bread with a kind of thin paste or soup.

1903 T.P.'s Weekly 4 Sept. 436/1 Bread is burnt and soggy.

a. Of persons: Dull, spiritless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective] > phlegmatic

phlegmatica1400

phlegmyc1450

sprightlessa1522

spiritless1595

unspirited1621

inexcitable?1624

pituitous1658

slow-going1825

soggy1896

1896 Advance (Chicago) 16 July 88/1 The Slavs are a passive, gregarious, soggy race.

1911 J. Galsworthy Patrician ii. xxi. 277 The passers-by..looked soft, soggy, without pride or will.

b. Of things, in various transferred and figurative uses: dull, lifeless, lacking in vigour, sluggish; (of steering) unresponsive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation

deadOE

lifelessOE

unquickc1475

exanimate?c1550

flat1604

unsprighty1607

spiritless1609

dead-alive1617

fireless1647

uninformed1709

inanimate1713

unanimated1734

nerveless1735

inanimated1753

dispirited1758

dead and alive1863

unalive1905

pepless1909

zipless1922

soggy1928

undead1936

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > of things

heavy1601

bloodless?c1622

vapid1790

weighty1828

soggy1928

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > types of steering

self-centring1909

finger-light1925

recirculating ballc1943

soggy1957

1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 5/2 The correspondence came to an abrupt stop. Great soggy chunks of silence filled the incoming dâk-bag.

1932 Punch Almanack 1933 7 Nov. [18/1] ‘Your mentality is erroneous and—er—soggy. Blime! what a cod!’ he concluded.

1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxv. 205 The steering [of a car] was low-geared and more than a trifle soggy.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai v. 79 The poor fellow found the evening hanging pretty soggy on his hands.

1966 D. H. Williams & I. Fleming Spectrosc. Methods in Org. Chem. iii. 44 The soggy vibrations of the molecule as a whole give rise to a series of absorption bands at low energy, below 1500 cm.⁻¹

1977 Gramophone Dec. 1080/1 The brass fanfares at the start of the finale are hardly of the brightest in sound—but then tuttis show the general orchestral sound to be pretty soggy.

5. Moist, close, sultry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close

mocha1522

faint1525

close1591

clit1610

muggy1638

pothery1696

mochy1794

mucky1804

mungy1809

sulky1817

sticky1855

languorous1887

soggy1897

1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xix. 490 We rattled along through the bush,..all the time in deep, soggy heat.

1901 W. Churchill Crisis ii. xiv The day had been soggy and warm.

Derivatives

ˈsogginess n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun]

saturation1732

waterloggedness1854

soddenness1883

sogginess1884

soppiness1895

squishiness1929

1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xv. 173 The sogginess of the roads made slow marching necessary.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 5/3 The sogginess of the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	soggy
释义	soggyadj. Brit. /ˈsɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈsɑɡi/ Forms: Also 1800s dialect zoggy. Etymology: < sog n.¹ or sog v. Originally dialect and U.S. In B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iii. ii. [viii.] (‘this greene and soggie multitude’) the correct reading is probably ‘foggie’, a common word at that date. 1. Of land: Soaked with water or moisture; boggy, swampy, marshy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] fen-lichc1000 fennyc1000 mooryOE 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 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 49 If the ground falls small, then it may lie soggy and spungy. 1805 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 398 Zoggy, wet, boggy. 1869 B. Taylor Byeways of Europe I. 247 The soil..already looked soggy and drenched. 1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 351/2 These country roads are..frost-laden and wet, and soft and soggy. 2. a. Saturated with wet; soppy, soaked. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] thorough wetOE drunk1382 drunkenc1420 uliginosec1440 dung wetc1450 drookeda1522 wet through, to the skin1526 sogginga1552 washed1557 washy1566 muck-wet1567 wringing wet1570 drenched1589 dropsy1605 ydrenched1610 sobby1611 dropsieda1616 slocken1643 uliginous1650 dabbling1661 sodded1661 sobbing1664 sobbed1693 flashy1702 saturated1728 saturate1785 livereda1796 sappy1806 laving1812 sodden1820 sopped1822 soppy1823 soaked1829 dropsical1845 soddened1845 soaking wet1847 soggya1852 sogged1860 soaking1864 sopping1866 soaken1898 astream1929 a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxix. 375 Oh yes, to be sure it needs sugar, the best o' sugar, too; not this wet, soggy, brown sugar. 1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston xii. 155 He looked out on..fields of soggy, soaked snow. 1886 Harper's Mag. Dec. 98 Crumbly, soggy timber. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 19 All he brought up was a soggy packet of cigarettes. 1964 Guardian 9 Sept. 5/8 Plastic-macked parents and hordes of soggy children. b. Resulting from, caused by, moistness or wetness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > resulting from or caused by wetness soggy1877 1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 126 The skin..is observed to be of a whitish or yellowish color, and to have a soggy appearance. 1881 Harper's Mag. Oct. 650 Every footstep giving out a soggy wheeze from his old wet boots. 3. Of bread: Sodden, heavy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > soggy or imperfectly baked dough-baken?a1450 clammy1530 doughish1556 doughy1578 dough-baked1582 slack-baked1823 sod1836 soggy1868 1868 F. Whymper Trav. Alaska v. 61 We varied a diet of soggy bread with a kind of thin paste or soup. 1903 T.P.'s Weekly 4 Sept. 436/1 Bread is burnt and soggy. 4. a. Of persons: Dull, spiritless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective] > phlegmatic phlegmatica1400 phlegmyc1450 sprightlessa1522 spiritless1595 unspirited1621 inexcitable?1624 pituitous1658 slow-going1825 soggy1896 1896 Advance (Chicago) 16 July 88/1 The Slavs are a passive, gregarious, soggy race. 1911 J. Galsworthy Patrician ii. xxi. 277 The passers-by..looked soft, soggy, without pride or will. b. Of things, in various transferred and figurative uses: dull, lifeless, lacking in vigour, sluggish; (of steering) unresponsive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation deadOE lifelessOE unquickc1475 exanimate?c1550 flat1604 unsprighty1607 spiritless1609 dead-alive1617 fireless1647 uninformed1709 inanimate1713 unanimated1734 nerveless1735 inanimated1753 dispirited1758 dead and alive1863 unalive1905 pepless1909 zipless1922 soggy1928 undead1936 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > of things heavy1601 bloodless?c1622 vapid1790 weighty1828 soggy1928 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > types of steering self-centring1909 finger-light1925 recirculating ballc1943 soggy1957 1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 5/2 The correspondence came to an abrupt stop. Great soggy chunks of silence filled the incoming dâk-bag. 1932 Punch Almanack 1933 7 Nov. [18/1] ‘Your mentality is erroneous and—er—soggy. Blime! what a cod!’ he concluded. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxv. 205 The steering [of a car] was low-geared and more than a trifle soggy. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai v. 79 The poor fellow found the evening hanging pretty soggy on his hands. 1966 D. H. Williams & I. Fleming Spectrosc. Methods in Org. Chem. iii. 44 The soggy vibrations of the molecule as a whole give rise to a series of absorption bands at low energy, below 1500 cm.⁻¹ 1977 Gramophone Dec. 1080/1 The brass fanfares at the start of the finale are hardly of the brightest in sound—but then tuttis show the general orchestral sound to be pretty soggy. 5. Moist, close, sultry. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > oppressively still or close mocha1522 faint1525 close1591 clit1610 muggy1638 pothery1696 mochy1794 mucky1804 mungy1809 sulky1817 sticky1855 languorous1887 soggy1897 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xix. 490 We rattled along through the bush,..all the time in deep, soggy heat. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis ii. xiv The day had been soggy and warm. Derivatives ˈsogginess n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] saturation1732 waterloggedness1854 soddenness1883 sogginess1884 soppiness1895 squishiness1929 1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xv. 173 The sogginess of the roads made slow marching necessary. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 5/3 The sogginess of the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1722
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