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Word: Quagmire
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from quag+ mire
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkwaɡmʌɪə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkwɒɡmʌɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
Short Definition:soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
Examples:- torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire
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