swampier; swampiest
swampiness
noun
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Princess Adrianna’s educational and entertaining adventure includes a search for Prince David through her family’s swampy and mysterious kingdom.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Polak and Frajczyk previously appeared together in Agnieszka Holland’s drama Green Border as activist sisters who help people stuck in the swampy land between Poland and Belarus, while Koleśnik is best known internationally for her performance in Magnus von Horn’s Sweat.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Its origins are a little muddy, but food historians believe black bottom pie dates back to the 1940s in Louisiana or Oklahoma, and suspect that its name nods to the dark, swampy land that lines the Mississippi River in those states.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Popular with airboaters, froggers and fishermen, the swampy muck beneath the water may have acted as a pincushion, essentially swallowing the disabled DC-9 aircraft.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Polak and Frajczyk previously appeared together in Agnieszka Holland’s drama Green Border as activist sisters who help people stuck in the swampy land between Poland and Belarus, while Koleśnik is best known internationally for her performance in Magnus von Horn’s Sweat.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Its origins are a little muddy, but food historians believe black bottom pie dates back to the 1940s in Louisiana or Oklahoma, and suspect that its name nods to the dark, swampy land that lines the Mississippi River in those states.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Popular with airboaters, froggers and fishermen, the swampy muck beneath the water may have acted as a pincushion, essentially swallowing the disabled DC-9 aircraft.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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swampy
adjective
ˈswäm-pē 
ˈswȯm-
swampier; swampiest
: consisting of, relating to, or resembling swamp
swampiness
noun
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