morass
A tract of soft, wet groundA tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
» The morass of regulations is delaying the project.
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2 sensesA tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
боло́тоbolóto, тряси́наtrjasína
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
(figuratively)Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
тряси́наtrjasína
Examples
3 sentencesThe morass of regulations is delaying the project.
We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
ruМы увязли в трясине бумажной работы. — RusVictoric1993
deWir versanken in einem Morast an Papierkram. — Yorwba
His father drank himself into a morass of self-pity.
ruЕго отец напился до трясины самосожаления. — RusVictoric1993
Translations
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Origin
From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)From Dutch moeras (“marsh, swamp”), an alteration (with influence from Dutch moer (“moor”)) of a direct descendant of Middle Dutch marasch (“marsh”). The Middle Dutch word is a borrowing from Old French mareis, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk. Doublet of marish and marsh, and linked in part to moor. Compare quagmire.
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Forms
plural: morassesSynonyms
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