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What is the noun for boggy?

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bog

(Originally Ireland and Scotland) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
(figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
(uncountable) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
(vulgar Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
(Australia and New Zealand slang) An act or instance of defecation.
(US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
Synonyms:

marsh, swamp, fen, morass, slough, marshland, mire, quagmire, wetland, moor, swampland, muskeg, wash, quag, slew, moss, bayou, fenland, sump, carr, salina, wetlands, saltings, pakihi, lowland, salt marsh, peat bog, everglade, holm, glade, swale, mud, polder, bottoms, quicksand, corcass, pocosin, marish, marshes, fens, bottomland, bogland, swampy outlet, everglades, bogs, morasses, mires, sloughs, swamps, muskegs … more

Examples:

“The main reason for the haste was the weather which could have broken at any time bringing all haulage work on the soft bog to an end.”

bogwood

The dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.
Examples:

“Owen followed him within the hut, and stooping down to the fire, lighted a piece of bogwood to enable him to see.”

“Some one struck a light and illuminated a branch of bogwood which he held above his head as a torch.”

“A splinter of bogwood was soon kindled, and by its light I saw that we had been conducted by two girls.”

bogland

Land that is predominantly boggy; marshland.
Synonyms:

fen, bog, marsh, swamp, morass, slough, marshland, mire, wetland, quagmire, moor, swampland, muskeg, wash, slew, moss, bayou, fenland, holm, carr, salina, corcass, marish, pocosin, pakihi, lowland, salt marsh, peat bog … more

Examples:

“He also stressed that although the area contains some bogland, it also boasts excellent farmland.”

“The water has to travel through bogland and depending on the flow the brown colour could vary.”

“It was necessary to understand how these men had turned bogland into productive green pasture.”

bog

(obsolete) Alternative form of bug: a bugbear, monster, or terror.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The main reason for the haste was the weather which could have broken at any time bringing all haulage work on the soft bog to an end.”

bogtrotter

One who lives in a boggy country; applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Examples:

“In Matilda, Bruce Bogtrotter steals cake from the evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and is forced to eat a gigantic chocolate cake in front of the school.”

bog

(obsolete) Puffery, boastfulness.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The main reason for the haste was the weather which could have broken at any time bringing all haulage work on the soft bog to an end.”

bogginess

The state or quality of being boggy.
Examples:

“We recognize dampness as water retention, bloating and a sense of bogginess in the body.”

“Along with bogginess of the iris, there is an apparent loss of iris color and normal architecture.”

“The bogginess extended from the knee to 10 cm above the ankle, yet the skin surface appeared normal.”

bogtrotters

plural of bogtrotter

bogwoods

plural of bogwood

boglands

plural of bogland
Synonyms:

fens, bogs, marshes, swamps, morasses, sloughs, marshlands, mires, wetlands, quagmires, moors, swamplands, muskegs, washes, slews, mosses, bayous, fenlands, holms, carrs, salinas, corcasses, marishes, pocosins, pakihis, lowlands, salt marshes, peat bogs … more

bogs

plural of bog
Synonyms:

marshes, swamps, fens, morasses, sloughs, marshland, mires, quagmires, wetlands, moors, swampland, muskegs, washes, quags, slews, moss, bayous, fenland, sumps, carrs, salinas, pakihis, lowlands, salt marshes, peat bogs, everglades, holms, swales, polders, glades, mud, quicksand, pocosins, marishes, corcasses, bottomland, bogland, bog, marsh, swamp, fen, morass, slough, mire, quagmire, wetland, moor, muskeg, wash, quag … more

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