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Noun

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	# A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.		# 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.”		#*: “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.”

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

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

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	====References====		====References====
	* ~~{{Plainlink\|~~https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass\|Wiktionary – “morass”}}		* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass Wiktionary – “morass”]

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	====References====		====References====
	* ~~[Morass](~~https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass)		* {{Plainlink\|https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass\|Wiktionary – “morass”}}

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	====References====		====References====
	* [~~https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass~~](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass)		* [Morass](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass)

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

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

	===Noun===		===Noun===
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	#*: “I wrote to Sacramento about that historical marker, and they've been kicking it around their bureaucratic '''morass''' for months.”		#*: “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====		====Derived terms====
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	[[Category:Landforms]]		[[Category:Landforms]]
	[[Category:Wetlands]]		[[Category:Wetlands]]

			====References====
			* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morass)

Moribundonthemend: Created page with "==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 ===Video Walkthrough=== {{#ev:youtube|nV7pwSJa6zA|720|center|Morass — Video Walkt..."

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Created page with "==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 ===Video Walkthrough=== {{#ev:youtube|nV7pwSJa6zA|720|center|Morass — Video Walkt..."

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==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

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

===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.”

# {{Anchor|entrapment}}(''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.”

====Derived terms====

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

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