marshy

[ mahr-shee ]

/ ˈmɑr ʃi /

like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.

pertaining to a marsh.

consisting of or constituting a marsh, bog, swamp, or the like.

Origin of marshy

First recorded in 1350–1400, marshy is from the Middle English word mershi. See marsh, -y¹

marsh·i·ness, noun

Apaches used what was once a marshy ciénaga as a water hole for centuries.

Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America |Condé Nast Traveler |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A night of mediocrity now brooded over the marshy fens of Holland.

Vondel's Lucifer |Joost van den Vondel
The banks of the stream were 417 frequently grassy, and there was a great deal of marshy ground.

Western Himalaya and Tibet |Thomas Thomson
It was a marshy, dense, and tangled coppice projecting like a sabre tooth between the brigades of Lane and Archer.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston

Near by was a hou-tree swamp, a spongy, marshy place where cattle were eating grass that grew under water.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 |Various
These two towns rise like islands in their naked undulating plains, covered partly with corn, partly with marshy heath.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 |Various

marshy

/ (ˈmɑːʃɪ) /

of, involving, or like a marsh

marshiness, noun