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quag

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
quag /kwaɡ, kwæɡ /
▸ noun archaic a marshy or boggy place.
– DERIVATIVES
quaggy /ˈkwaɡē, ˈkwæɡi / adjective
– ORIGIN late 16th century : related to dialect quag ‘shake, quiver’; probably symbolic, the qu- suggesting movement (as in quake and quick).