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quaggy

/ˈkwɒɡi/

quaggy adjective: resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.

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
    • Man has to feel his way most cautiously in the quaggy soil of ignorance, suspense, superstition and moral darkness.1969, Nandu Singh, S N Avdhut, Dayal Yoga
    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
    • In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 124

Proper noun capitalized: Quaggy

Quaggy

  1. A short river that passes through the London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

quaggy meaning in Tamil and Urdu

quaggy in Tamil

சேற்றுத்தன்மையுள்ள, சேற்று, சதுப்பான, இளக்கமான, தளர்ந்த, நெகிழ்ந்த

quaggy in Urdu

دلدلی, کیچڑ, تھل تھل

Synonyms of quaggy

Forms of quaggy

comparativequaggier
superlativequaggiest
alternative formquoggy

Origin of quaggy

From quag + -y.

Words formed from quaggy

Questions about quaggy

What does quaggy mean?
Quaggy means resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
What is quaggy in Tamil?
Quaggy in Tamil is சேற்றுத்தன்மையுள்ள, சேற்று, சதுப்பான. See Quaggy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quaggy?
Quaggy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce quaggy?
Quaggy is pronounced /ˈkwɒɡi/ (UK).

Words near quaggy in the dictionary

  1. quaggas
  2. Quaggers
  3. quaggier
  4. quaggiest
  5. quagginess
  6. quaggy
  7. quagha
  8. quaghas
  9. quaghog
  10. quaghogs
  11. Quaglia

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