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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslamacento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /la.maˈsẽ.tu/
"O solo lamacento estragou nossos sapatos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Resembling mire; muddy, swampy, or boggy.
"The hikers struggled through the miry path after days of heavy rain." - 2
Sunk or stuck in mud or moral degradation.
"He found himself trapped in a miry situation of deceit and debt."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'mire' combined with the suffix '-y', dating back to Middle English. The root 'mire' originates from Old Norse 'myrr', meaning bog or swamp, and has been used since the 14th century to describe wet, swampy, or muddy conditions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Miry" is said worldwide
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boueux
Transliteration: /bu.ø/
"Le chemin était boueux après la tempête."
morastig
Transliteration: /moˈʁastɪç/
"Der Weg durch den Wald war sehr morastig."
fangoso
Transliteration: /fanˈɡo.zo/
"Le nostre scarpe sono diventate fangose."
cenagoso
Transliteration: /se.naˈɡo.so/
"El terreno cenagoso dificultó el avance de los vehículos."
lamacento
Transliteration: /la.maˈsẽ.tu/
"O solo lamacento estragou nossos sapatos."
कीचड़युक्त
Transliteration: kichad-yukta
"बारिश के बाद रास्ता बहुत कीचड़युक्त था।"
泥泞的
Transliteration: ní nìng de
"暴雨过后，道路变得十分泥泞。"
진흙투성이의
Transliteration: jinhheuktuseong-iyi
"비가 온 뒤라 길이 진흙투성이였다."
泥深い
Transliteration: dorobukai
"雨の後で道が泥深くなっていた。"
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