fenny
Characteristic of or resembling a fenCharacteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
Meaning
3 sensesCharacteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
moorig
боло́тистыйbolótistyj, боло́тныйbolótnyj, то́пкийtópkij
Now chiefly of plants: growing or living in a fen.
Moor-
(also, figuratively, obsolete)Muddy; hence, dirty, filthy.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fenny, fenni (“marshy, muddy; of meat: putrid, rotten; of a person: siFrom Middle English fenny, fenni (“marshy, muddy; of meat: putrid, rotten; of a person: sinful, vile”), from Old English fenniġ (“dirty; marshy, muddy, fenny”), from fen, fenn (“marsh, fen; mud”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist, wet; mud; swamp; water”)) + -iġ (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as fen + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
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Forms
more fenny, most fenny| Comparative | more fenny Lesson |
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| Superlative | most fenny Lesson |
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Synonyms
29 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form