quag

quag

 (kwăg, kwŏg)

n.

A quagmire.

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[Perhaps variant of Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabba.]

quag

(kwæɡ; kwɒɡ)

n

(Physical Geography) another word for quagmire

[C16: perhaps related to quake; compare Middle Low German quabbe]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quag - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot mire, morass, quagmire, slack bog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

quag

noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:

bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slough, swamp, swampland, wetland.

Translations

maraismarécage