quaggy

[ kwag-ee, kwog-ee ]

/ ˈkwæg i, ˈkwɒg i /

of the nature of or resembling a quagmire; marshy; boggy.

soft or flabby: quaggy flesh.

Origin of quaggy

First recorded in 1600–10; quag + -y¹

quag·gi·ness, noun

quaere, quaestor, quaff, quag, quagga, quaggy, quagmire, quahog, quai d'orsay, quaich, quail

Weston, blinking about him, discovered in the quaggy mould two foot-prints half filled with water.

The Gold Trail |Harold Bindloss
Among other things, he noticed that a little trickle of water flowed across it, and that the soil was quaggy in the neighborhood.

The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound |Harold Bindloss
I cautiously approached its quaggy edges, when I was shocked by what appeared to be a sudden vision!

Short Stories of Various Types |Various
We bore to the south down a descent, and came to some moory, quaggy ground intersected with water-courses.

Wild Wales |George Borrow

This is a hospitable house,” said Jack; “but the ground must be quaggy underneath, for at every step the building quakes.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI |Robert Louis Stevenson

quaggy

/ (ˈkwæɡɪ, ˈkwɒɡɪ) /

resembling a marsh or quagmire; boggy

yielding, soft, or flabby

quagginess, noun