Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - morass
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(morasses) If you describe an unpleasant or confused situation as a morass, you mean that it seems impossible to escape from or resolve, because it has become so serious or so complicated. I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair. ...the economic morass. = quagmire N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Dutch moeras, modification of Old French maresc, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English mersc marsh — more at marsh Date: 1655 1. marsh, swamp 2. a. a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes a legal ~ b. an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture a ~ of traffic jams — Mary Roach • ~y adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an entanglement; a disordered situation, esp. one impeding progress. 2 literary a bog or marsh. Etymology: Du. moeras (assim. to moer MOOR(1)) f. MDu. marasch f. OF marais marsh f. med.L mariscus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1655, from Du. moeras "marsh, fen," from M.Du. marasch, from O.Fr. marais "marsh," from Frank., possibly from W.Gmc. *marisk, from P.Gmc. *mariskaz "like a lake," from *mari "sea." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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