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marishness

marishness noun: the quality of being marish, or marshy.

Noun

marishness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being marish, or marshy.
    • […] from whch last, and the marishness of the ſituation, or from that River and the Marſh, once the Inhabitants hereof, comes the name of Storemarsh.1657, Peter Heylyn, Cosmographie in Four Bookes

Origin of marishness

From marish + -ness.

Questions about marishness

What does marishness mean?
Marishness means the quality of being marish, or marshy.
What part of speech is marishness?
Marishness is a noun.

Words near marishness in the dictionary

  1. marischals
  2. Marise
  3. marish
  4. Marisha
  5. marishes
  6. marishness
  7. marisma
  8. marismas
  9. Marissa
  10. Marist
  11. Marists

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