morass
4 synonyms for morass, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An area of soft, waterlogged land; a marsh or a fen.
Synonyms
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Etymology
Comes from Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration, influenced by Dutch moer (“moor”), of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). That Middle Dutch word was borrowed from Old French mareis, which came from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. It is a doublet of marish and marsh, and is linked in part to moo...
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