morass

Meaning

Noun

  • A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.

Origin

  • From Dutch moeras ("marsh, swamp"), from Middle Dutch marasch ("marsh"), from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. marish, and marsh.

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