swashyadj.
/ˈswɒʃi/ Sloppy, watery. Also figurative ‘watery’, ‘washy’.
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the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > wet
weta900
wateryOE
irrigate?a1412
waterish1540
irriguate1632
irriguous1651
springish1663
spewy1669
puddleda1721
swashy1796
puddly1843
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > vapid or insipid
pappy1597
watery1605
milk-and-water1753
vapid1758
unracy1782
swashy1796
washy1806
milk-and-waterish1807
wish-washy1814
insipid1845
1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe I. 70 Some part of the track..was piled into heaps of swashy clay.
1803 J. Bunting Let. 23 Sept. in Life (1859) I. x. 182 When I hear such preaching as Mr Jay's, I..wonder that the people should ever like to listen to my poor swashy sermons.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Swashy, wet ground. ‘Swashy stuff’, poor beverage.
1890 Temple Bar Sept. 127 The pavement was swashy with three inches of half-melted snow.
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