Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Word of the Day: Quagmire

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

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noun 1. A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
2. An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.

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Play Button "A quagmire on the east end of town is preventing any new construction in that area."
Play Button "Shawn hoped his case would be simple, but it soon became clear he was facing a legal quagmire."
Play Button "The mixup is a quagmire; there's no fast or simple way to resolve it."
English, late 16th century
Why This Word?
"Quagmire" is a combination of two words in English that both basically mean "swamp," but each has different origins. "Quag" is a variation on the Middle English "quabbe" (meaning "a marsh") and the Old English "cwabba" (meaning "soft thing"). "Mire" has Scandinavian roots: the Old Icelandic "mýrr," and the Norwegian, Old Swedish, and Danish "myr." ...
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