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fenny

fenny

9.9
Wet and soft like land near a marsh
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɛni/
  • Archaic
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  • After the rain, the field became surprisingly fenny and difficult to cross.

Examples

  • Rare birds nest in the fenny areas near the river.

  • We walked through the fenny fields during our hike.

  • The explorers trudged through the fenny landscape at dawn.

  • The fenny landscape was covered in mist.

  • The explorers trudged through the fenny landscape at dawn.

  • After the rain, the field became surprisingly fenny and difficult to cross.

  • We walked through the fenny fields during our hike.

Synonyms

swampy
vsfenny
8 2.9

Soft, wet ground that is difficult to walk on

is similar but is an older adjective for the same wet ground
marshy
vsfenny
5 1.8

Soft wet land that often has shallow water

is the older or dialect adjective with the same wet land meaning

Compounds

fenny aroma
9.9

A sweet, earthy smell like wet marsh plants

How Marshy

swampy
8 2.9
waterlogged
3 5.2
marshy
5 1.8
fenny
  • Archaic
9.9
damp
11 1.0
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

fenny positive

Morphology

fenny = fen (transparent) = fen + y

Regular adjectival formation from 'fen' with '-y' meaning 'characterized by or full of', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Fenny comes from the old English word fen, which means 'marsh' or 'bog'. So, to call land fenny is to say it is wet and marshy, just like a fen.