Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloughy

/ˈslaʊ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sloughy
IPA: /ˈslaʊ.i/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.

adj

Resembling dead skin.

Example Sentences

"Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of cutting scraws, (as they call them) which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins; or make up their ditches; sometimes in shallow soils, where all is gravel within a few inches; and sometimes in low ground, with a thin greensward, and sloughy underneath; which last turns all into bog, by this mismanagement."
"The Swedish Reform Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories."

Etymology

From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈslaʊ.i/
British English: /ˈslaʊ.i/

Inflected Forms

more sloughy (comparative) most sloughy (superlative)

Derived Forms

sloughiness

Synonyms

boggy miry mucky swampy boggish fennish fenny marish marshy moorish moory morassy

Questions

How do you pronounce sloughy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslaʊ.i/.
What does sloughy mean?: Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
Where does sloughy come from?: From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.

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