Editing Morass (section)

==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from Middle Dutch ''moeras'' (“marsh, swamp”), altered with influence from Middle Dutch ''moer'' (“moor”). Ultimately from Old French ''mareis'', from Proto-West Germanic ''*marisk''. Doublet of ''marish'' and ''marsh''. Compare ''moor'' and ''quagmire''.

===Pronunciation===

* IPA (General American): /məˈɹæs/, /moˈɹæs/
* Rhymes: -æs

===Noun===

# A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
#*: “Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt '''morass''', raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.”

# ''(figurative)'' Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
#*: “I wrote to Sacramento about that historical marker, and they've been kicking it around their bureaucratic '''morass''' for months.”

===Video Walkthrough===
{{#ev:youtube|nV7pwSJa6zA|720|center|Morass — Video Walkthrough}}

====Derived terms====

* [[morass-ore]]
* [[morass-weed]]
* [[morassy]]

[[Category:English nouns]]
[[Category:Landforms]]
[[Category:Wetlands]]

====References====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass Wiktionary – “morass”]
* [https://youtu.be/pn1VGytzXus?si=lH86ubXgdGS2qdum – "the ass referred to in the Wandering Wikis Walkthrough Video"]