uliginous

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uliginous

/juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

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From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).

adjective more uliginous · most uliginous

Slimy. [In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]
Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.
Similar: boggy
Growing in muddy places. The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori

Similar: lubricous, slimish, sludgy, quaggy, wiery

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Similar: lubricous, slimish, sludgy, quaggy, wiery

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@misc{uliginous_2026,
  title = {uliginous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uliginous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}