morass
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morass
- /məˈɹæs/ US
- /moˈɹæs/ US
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.
noun morasses
- A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.
- Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult. The gay man must fully understand the reasons why he is as he is, and face the mass of unconscious shit put there by our society. This is the great morass between the philosophy and the actualization.
Translations
Talk about this word "morass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/morass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. morass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/morass "morass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/morass.Cite this
@misc{morass_2026,
title = {morass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
