marshier; marshiest
1
: resembling or constituting a marsh
marshy ground
2
: relating to or occurring in marshes
marshy vegetation
marshiness noun

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The year was 1925 and Miami looked very different — fewer buildings, a lot more marshy wetland. Carolina Del Busto, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 Found in calm ponds and marshy streams across Europe and parts of Asia, this exception — the water spider or diving bell spider — is barely half an inch long. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Some of the planet’s largest golden dorado—nicknamed river tigers for their fight—push into the marshy maze of gin-clear channels, lagoons, and streams from October through April. Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025 That melting pot of a city lasted until the fifth century C.E., when the quality of Ostia Antica's harbor deteriorated with shifting sands and marshy overgrowth. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marshy

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of marshy was in the 14th century

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“Marshy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marshy. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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