quaggy

adj., -gi·er, -gi·est.

1. Resembling a marsh; soggy.
2. Soft and flabby.

(KWAG-ee)

adjective
Marshy; flabby; spongy.

Etymology
From quag (marsh), of unknown origin

The River Quaggy is a small river in London (UK) flowing through the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Usage
"The car's right rear tire rolled up over a boulder, slid, and sank into a quaggy hole." — E. Annie Proulx; The Half-skinned Steer; The Atlantic Monthly (Boston); Nov 1997.

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adjective

Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm: mushy, pappy¹, pulpous, pulpy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy, yielding. See resist/yield.

1) resembling a marsh; soggy  2) soft and flabby  (cf. quagmire)

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (of soil) soft and watery
  Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, sloughy, swampy

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