† boggishadj.1
Obsolete.
? Inclined to bluster or brag; puffed up; bold.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful
boastyc1300
bragc1315
boastfulc1380
great-moutheda1425
boggishc1440
avauntinga1513
windy1513
blazing1549
thrasonical1564
vauntful1590
vousty1596
braggadocian1599
self-boasting1599
braggart1604
braggartly?1611
braggadocio1615
braggeda1616
ampullous1622
rodomontado1645
vapouring1649
thrasonic1657
rodomontade1660
flounder-mouthed1663
fanfaron1670
vaunty1724
boastivea1763
Falstaffian1809
bounceable1831
jactant1839
braggadocious1853
blow-hard1855
loud-mouthed1867
flannel-mouthed1884
bull-mouthed1896
poppy-show1896
Tartarin1903
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 42 Boggyschyn [King's Cambr. boggysche, Pynson boggisshe], tumidus.
Derivatives
ˈboggishly adv. in a vaunting manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb]
boggishlya1375
with great renowna1400
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
rufflingly1575
flaunt-a-flaunt1576
peacock-like1576
peacockwise1577
peacockly1580
aflaunt1584
vauntingly1593
wealth boastingly1593
prankingly1610
fastuously1654
ostentativelya1658
ostentously1665
ostentatiously1671
showily1755
violently1771
paradingly1792
peacockically1834
peacockishly1834
pretentiously1848
ostensibly1855
slangily1858
peacocky1860
splurgily1887
swankily1924
glitzily1982
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1707 Bogeysliche as a boye [she] busked to þe kychene.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 42 Boggyschely, tumide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† boggishadj.2
Of boggy nature.
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
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia (1821) xxi. 416 On the front a boggish Glyn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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