Definitions
Wet marshy ground; also to become stuck.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from Old Irish bog (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos (“soft, tender”) + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: fen, slough, moor”
“They that ride so... fall into foule Boggs.”
“Certaine... places [in Ireland]... which of their softnes are vsually tearmed Boghes.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Swampy ground”3 letters
02“Peat wetland”3 letters
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