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Definition of Morassy
1. a. Marshy; fenny.
Definition of Morassy
1. Adjective. marshy; fenny ¹
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Definition of Morassy
1. morass [adj] - See also: morass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morassy
Literary usage of Morassy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"White Cedar of North America; in moist and morassy ground. Height of tree 80
feet; diameter of stem 3 feet. The wood is light, soft, and fragrant • it turns ..."
2. The Military Life of Field-Marshal George First Marquess Townshend, 1724 by Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1901)
"... morassy and difficult ground, and suddenly dropping down on the, march, when
I see his Lordship, in his impatience to enter in) action, putting himself ..."
3. Travels in Southern Africa in the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 by Hinrich Lichtenstein, Anne Plumptre (1812)
"This plain is morassy, and abounds with rushes and liliaceous plants: it is even
so morassy as to be dangerous passing over in very wet weather. ..."
4. The Highway of Death by Earl Bishop Downer (1916)
"Hovering over these morassy lowlands, like the black form of death, ... Inside,
this morassy atmosphere of the surroundings had penetrated and, ..."
5. The history of England from the Revolution to the death of George the second by David Hume (1848)
"Many of the men, from the heat of the weather, and overstraining themselves to
get on through morassy and very difficult ground, suddenly dropped down on ..."