See Also: morass(medicine)
morass(dictionary)
morass(dictionary)

morass (iou)



morass noun. LME.
[Middle Low German moras & Dutch moeras alt. (by assim. to moer MOOR noun1) of Middle Dutch maras from Old & mod. French marais: see MARISH noun.]
A bog, a marsh, (now literary); a very wet or muddy area of ground. LME.
C. Priest The lane..was an almost impassable morass of deep puddles and squelching mud.
fig. A complicated or confused situation, place, etc., that it is difficult to escape from or make progress through. M19.
M. Drabble She was aware of an emotional situation of unparalleled density and complexity, of some dark morass of intrigue.
Comb.: morass-weed W. Indies a hornwort, Ceratophyllum demersum.
? Before M17 only Scot.
morassy adjective of or pertaining to a morass; having the characteristics of a morass; found in a morass: L17.