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Word of the Day for Thursday, September 16, 2010 quaggy \KWAG-ee\, adjective: 1. Marshy; boggy. 2. Soft or flabby. The pool, thank Heaven! was not deep enough to have drowned any one; there were no signs of a struggle on its quaggy edges. -- In a hollow of the hills: and other tales I am listening to the classical station and becoming slightly delusional and eating some quaggy carroty mushy soup. -- "You Know You Love Me," Sonatina Blog, http://littlesonata.blogspot.com, May, 2008 Quaggy ultimately derives from the Old English cwabba, "shake or tremble," in the sense of viscous fluid. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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