Definitions
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Word origin
From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.
Used in a sentence
“I wrote to Sacramento about that historical marker, and they've been kicking it around their bureaucratic morass for months.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Boggy ground”6 letters
02“Swampy mess”6 letters
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