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quagmire

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1579, from quag +? mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.

Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw??.ma??(?)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?kwæ?.ma???/
  • Hyphenation: quag?mire

Noun

quagmire (plural quagmires)

  1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
    Synonyms: marsh, marshland, mire, quag
  2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

Translations

Verb

quagmire (third-person singular simple present quagmires, present participle quagmiring, simple past and past participle quagmired)

  1. (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

References

  • quagmire at OneLook Dictionary Search.

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beelined

English

Verb

beelined

  1. simple past tense and past participle of beeline

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