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morass.

A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/məˈɹæs/General-American/moˈɹæs/General-American
  1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

  2. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

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.

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