Hypertext Webster Gateway: "morass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Morass \Mo*rass"\, n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D.
moeras), fr. F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any
body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See
{Mere} a lake, and cf. {Marsh}.]
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
{Morass ore}. (Min.) See {Bog ore}, under {Bog}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
morass
n : a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn:
{mire}, {quagmire}]
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