Definition of Quagmired

1. Adjective. (context: of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quagmired

1. quagmire [v] - See also: quagmire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quagmired

quaffers
quaffing
quaffing wine
quaffs
quag
quagga
quaggas
quaggier
quaggiest
quaggles
quaggy
quagha
quaghas
quaghog
quagmire
quagmired (current term)
quagmires
quagmirier
quagmiriest
quagmiry
quags
quahaug
quahaugs
quahog
quahogged
quahogger
quahoggers
quahogging
quahogs
quai

Literary usage of Quagmired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1889)
"The passage '- 'The prairies were quagmired. The contents of the wagons had to be carried across the bogs, and the empty wagons had to lie assisted in aid ..."

2. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins, and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."

3. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins, and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."

4. Lorna Doone by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1869)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins, and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"... where the land is not thus flooded, it is so quagmired by the wet weather, that the cattle cannot pasture, and the •corn cannot be sown. ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"Even where the land is not thus flooded, it is so quagmired by the wet weather, that the cattle cannot pasture, and the corn cannot be sown. ..."

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