quagmire
Meaning
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- A swampy, soggy area of ground.
- A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
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Hyphenated as
quag‧mire
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/
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.
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