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Slava
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Uliginous

Postby Slava » Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:32 pm

swamp-grown, i.e. related to D.C.? :)
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Re: Uliginous

Postby William Hupy » Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:15 am

I like this word. Not much on it. This from Webster: Latin uliginosus, from uligin-, uligo moisture, marshiness, from udus, uvidus damp, moist.

Did any Latin daughters adopt this word?

Since 2017, Washington has become more uliginous.
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