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quaggier

quaggier is the comparative form of quaggy.

Meaning of quaggy

Adjective

quaggy (comparative quaggier, superlative quaggiest)

  1. Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
    • English oxen would be much distressed and frightened in such quaggy soil.1818, Asiatick Society, Asiatick Researches
    Synonyms:
    moorish
  2. Soft or flabby (of a person etc.).
    • Behold her then, spreading the whole troubled bed with her huge quaggy carcase: Her mill-post arms held up; her broad hands clenched with violence […].1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa

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Questions about quaggier

What is quaggier the comparative form of?
Quaggier is the comparative form of quaggy.

Words near quaggier in the dictionary

  1. quagga
  2. quagga mussel
  3. quagga mussels
  4. quaggas
  5. Quaggers
  6. quaggier
  7. quaggiest
  8. quagginess
  9. quaggy
  10. quagha
  11. quaghas

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