Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaggy

/ˈkwɒɡi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quag-gy
IPA: /ˈkwɒɡi/

20

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.

adj

Soft or flabby (of a person etc.).

name

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

Example Sentences

"English oxen would be much distressed and frightened in such quaggy soil."
"Man has to feel his way most cautiously in the quaggy soil of ignorance, suspense, superstition and moral darkness."
"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 […]."
"In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere."

Etymology

From quag + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkwɒɡi/

Inflected Forms

quaggier (comparative) quaggiest (superlative) quoggy (alternative)

Derived Forms

quagginess

Synonyms

moorish paludal syrtic boggy marshy miry mucky muddy sloppy sloughy soggy squashy

Questions

How do you pronounce quaggy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɒɡi/.
What does quaggy mean?: Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
Where does quaggy come from?: From quag + -y.

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