QUAGMIRE


Meaning of QUAGMIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwag-ˌmī(-ə)r, ˈkwäg- ]

noun

Date: circa 1580

1. : soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot

2. : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position : predicament

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