quag
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of Middle English quabbe (“a marsh, bog”), from Old English cwabba (“that which shakes or trembles, something soft and flabby”). Cognate with Dutch kwab (“fleshy lobe”).
Noun[edit]
quag (plural quags)
- (obsolete) quagmire; marsh; bog.
- 1771 December 16, John Walker, Account of the Irruption of Solway Moss:
- If a person ventures on one of these quags, it bends in waves under his feet; and if the surface breaks, he is in danger of sinking to the bottom.
- 1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools:
- Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells