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fenny

fenny

1 9.9
A stretch of wet, soft land like a marsh
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛni/
  • Archaic
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Examples

  • "Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake!"

  • Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake.

  • They found them—the very words—and they became his charm and code, his mojo, sweet-bone totem, the rib and thorn in their fenny winter bed.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The children played in the fenny area, splashing through the shallow waters of the marsh.

  • During our hike, we discovered a beautiful fenny landscape filled with unique plants and wildlife.

  • The fenny terrain made it difficult to traverse, as the ground was soft and soaked from the rain.

Synonyms

fen
vsfenny
2 8.5

A low, wet area of land with grass that often lies between land and water

is the archaic or dialect word for that same landscape
fenland
vsfenny
8.2

A low, wet area with tall grasses and standing water

is the archaic or dialect name rather than the modern geographic term
bogland
vsfenny
  • UK
6.1

Wet, spongy land with moss and peat where plants and animals live

is an older or dialect label for marshy land without peat focus

Compounds

A sweet, earthy smell like wet marsh plants

How Marshy

swamp
226 1.9
bog
33 4.9
marsh
64 2.6
fenny
  • Archaic
1 9.9
meadow
85 1.0

Surface Forms

fenny singular
fennies plural

Morphology

fenny = fen (transparent) = fen + y

Dialects/archaic noun formed directly from 'fen' with '-y'; the meaning 'a fen' is directly recoverable from the base.

Etymology

As a noun, fenny comes from the old English fen, meaning 'marsh' or 'bog'. So a fenny is simply a stretch of wet, boggy land.