plashy

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English

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Etymology

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From plash +‎ -y.

Adjective

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plashy (comparative more plashy, superlative most plashy)

  1. Watery, wet, waterlogged.
    Synonyms: drenched, saturated, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet
    • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, [], London: [] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] [], →OCLC, page 9:
      By and by after his iumping vppon them, the Saxons for that Garianonum, or Yarmoth that had giuen vp the ghoſt, in thoſe ſlymie plaſhie fieldes of Gorlſtone trowled vp a ſecond Yarmouth, abutting on the Weſt ſide of the ſhore of this great Yarmouth, []
    • 1815 [1802], William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence:
      The Hare is running races in her mirth; / And with her feet she from the plashy earth / Raises a mist; which, glittering in the sun, / Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
  2. Marked by flecks of colour, as if plashed with paint.
    Synonyms: speckled; see also Thesaurus:marked

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