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swampy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).

Meanings

1. Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
   • swampy land
   • swampy armpits
2. Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.
   • Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far. 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

swampiness · swampily

Relateds

marshy

Translations (41)

sl močviren (wet like a swamp) · dsb bagnity (wet like a swamp) · dsb tonišćowaty (wet like a swamp) · dsb tonišćaty (wet like a swamp) · io marshoza (wet like a swamp) · ca pantanós (wet like a swamp) · bg мочурлив (wet like a swamp) · sh močvarni (wet like a swamp) · es pantanoso (wet like a swamp) · dsb tonjaty (wet like a swamp) · pl bagnisty (wet like a swamp) · it paludoso (wet like a swamp) · lv muklains (wet like a swamp) · fi soinen (wet like a swamp) · nl drassig (wet like a swamp) · lv mukls (wet like a swamp) · lv purvains (wet like a swamp) · sw chepechepe (wet like a swamp) · lv staigns (wet like a swamp) · gl brañento (wet like a swamp) · la palūdōsus (wet like a swamp) · pl błotnisty (wet like a swamp) · hu mocsaras (wet like a swamp) · eo marĉa (wet like a swamp) · de sumpfig (wet like a swamp) · la palūdester (wet like a swamp) · mi kōreporepo (wet like a swamp) · io marshatra (wet like a swamp) · nl zompig (wet like a swamp) · la paluster (wet like a swamp) · pt pantanoso (wet like a swamp) · ota باتاق (wet like a swamp) · pl bagienny (wet like a swamp) · es cenagoso (wet like a swamp) · hu ingoványos (wet like a swamp) · sh močvaran (wet like a swamp) · pl błotny (wet like a swamp) · ru боло́тистый (wet like a swamp) · bg блатист (wet like a swamp) · dsb tymjeńcowaty (wet like a swamp) · tl malate (wet like a swamp)