boggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈbɔɡi/,

/ˈbɑɡi/

Etymology: < bog n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Of the nature of, or characterized by, bog; swampy.

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

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 168/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He passed through the boggie mounteine of Slewlougher into Kerrie.

1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 5 Drunk up by some boggie, spongious earth.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 939 Quencht in a Boggie Syrtis, neither Sea, Nor good dry Land.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fir tree Venice and Amsterdam are built on Piles of this timber driven into boggy Places.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 104 Composed of rocky hillocks and boggy hollows.

figurative.a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 32 Let mee drayn my boggy soule from those corrupted, inbred humors.

b. transferred. Of a soft, spongy consistency; flabby.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > flabby or flaccid

bloatc1300

quavya1398

lennow1528

fobbya1535

flaggya1565

limber1592

quaggy1611

flaccid1620

frothy1626

boggy1664

flabby1697

limp1706

loppy1855

limpsy1865

huffy1890

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 66 Carried with the Bloud..up into the Brain, and there by that lax and boggy substance are imbibed.

1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 639 The flesh boggy to the touch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boggy
释义	boggyadj. Brit. /ˈbɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈbɔɡi/, /ˈbɑɡi/ Etymology: < bog n.¹ + -y suffix¹. a. Of the nature of, or characterized by, bog; swampy. 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 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 168/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He passed through the boggie mounteine of Slewlougher into Kerrie. 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 5 Drunk up by some boggie, spongious earth. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 939 Quencht in a Boggie Syrtis, neither Sea, Nor good dry Land. View more context for this quotation 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fir tree Venice and Amsterdam are built on Piles of this timber driven into boggy Places. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 104 Composed of rocky hillocks and boggy hollows. figurative.a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 32 Let mee drayn my boggy soule from those corrupted, inbred humors. b. transferred. Of a soft, spongy consistency; flabby. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > flabby or flaccid bloatc1300 quavya1398 lennow1528 fobbya1535 flaggya1565 limber1592 quaggy1611 flaccid1620 frothy1626 boggy1664 flabby1697 limp1706 loppy1855 limpsy1865 huffy1890 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 66 Carried with the Bloud..up into the Brain, and there by that lax and boggy substance are imbibed. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 639 The flesh boggy to the touch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1587
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