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sogginess

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sog·gy  (sg, sôg)
adj. sog·gi·er, sog·gi·est
1. Saturated or sodden with moisture; soaked: soggy clothes.
2. Lacking spirit; dull: a soggy bit of dialogue.
3. Humid; sultry: a soggy afternoon in August.
[From dialectal sog, to be soaked (from Middle English soggon, soaked, probably of Scandinavian origin) or from dialectal sog, swamp.]
soggi·ly adv.
soggi·ness n.
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Noun1.sogginess - a heavy wetness
wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
Translations
sogginess
n → triefende Nässe; (of soil) → Aufgeweichtheit f; (of food) → Matschigkeit f (inf); (of cake, bread) → Klitschigkeit f
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Even the much-maligned food was tasty and piping hot, though I dare say Michael Winner might have shaken his head over the sogginess of the toast at breakfast.
My heart was always in the North by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The long stretch of sogginess put a cloud over the current corn crop, with yields down and ears generally smaller than usual, and other harvests have also been relatively low and slow so far.
Summer hasn't been peachy - yet by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Sogginess, delusion, escapism, martyrdom, and addiction are its challenging edge.
STAR CODES; HEATHER ROAN ROBBINS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
 
 
 
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