bogginess

7.7

Wet, muddy ground that makes walking difficult

noun
/ˈbɔɡiˌnəs/

: encharcamiento

The bogginess of the field after the rain made it nearly impossible to walk without getting stuck.

Examples

After weeks of heavy rain, the park was filled with bogginess, making it hard to find solid ground.
We avoided hiking in the area due to the bogginess caused by the recent storms.
Bogginess and pitted tissue are likely indicators of tissue breakdown beginning beneath the skin surface.

Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

mire

vsbogginess

4 7.4

Deep soft wet ground like a bog that is hard to walk through

is the general wet muddy condition rather than the specific place

quagmire

vsbogginess

2 8.5

Soft wet ground that gives way under your feet

is about wet mud making walking difficult but not collapsing ground

muddiness

vsbogginess

1 2.8

Being covered in wet dirt that makes things dirty

is about walking difficulty from wet mud rather than just presence

sloppiness

vsbogginess

1 4.1

Wet, muddy ground that is hard to walk on

is more about walking difficulty on wet muddy ground than mere wetness

miriness

vsbogginess

Archaic

9.9

Land that is very wet and muddy and hard to walk on

is about general wet mud that makes walking hard

sogginess

vsbogginess

2.9

A state of being very wet or full of water that often makes things soft

is specifically about mud and walking difficulty, not only wetness

Antonyms

dryness

8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

How Muddy

waterlogging

Specialized

5.3

muddiness

1 2.8

bogginess

7.7

wetness

9 1.0

dampness

8 1.0

dryness

8 1.0

Surface Forms

bogginess singular

bogginesses plural

Morphology

bogginess = boggy (transparent) = bog + y + ness

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'boggy' with '-ness', so the meaning is directly the state or quality of being boggy.

Etymology

Bogginess comes from the simple word bog, from an old Irish word meaning 'soft' or 'wet'. So think of ground that is so soft you sink a little; that 'soft, wet' state is bogginess, which is why it makes a place hard to walk on.