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Definition of Morass

1. Noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Definition of Morass

1. n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.

Definition of Morass

1. Noun. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. ¹

2. Noun. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morass

1. a marsh [n -ES] : MORASSY [adj] - See also: marsh

Medical Definition of Morass

1. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Morass ore. See Bog ore, under Bog. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morass

Literary usage of Morass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"PATHOGEN STATUS GETS LOST IN THE TERMINOLOGY morass Unfortunately, ... The results of the terminology morass are (1) there is no universal testing strategy ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(46) In this morass the Roman army, after an ineffectual struggle, was irrecoverably lost : nor could the body of the emperor ever be found. ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of the East: Being a Continuation of Memoirs by Robert Walpole (1820)
"Nature of the Hills which surround the Valley and morass where they are found. ... Luxuriance of Vegetation on the Western Border of the morass. ..."

4. The Conquest of Florida, by Hernando de Soto by Theodore Irving (1851)
"... COME TO A VAST morass SEVERE SKIRMISHING WITH THE SAVAGES PREPARATIONS TO CROSS THE GREAT morass. 1539. THE blow which Hernando de Soto received from ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In other words, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that now enter the Gulf as one stream forming a vast morass, formerly had separate mouths, about 125 miles ..."

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