Etymology

From plash +‎ -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y#PLASHY.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæʃi/Category:English 2-syllable words#PLASHYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PLASHY

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• Rhymes: -æʃiCategory:Rhymes:English/æʃi#PLASHYCategory:Rhymes:English/æʃi/2 syllables#PLASHY

Adjective

plashy (comparative more plashy, superlative most plashy)Category:English lemmas#PLASHYCategory:English adjectives#PLASHYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLASHYCategory:Pages with entries#PLASHYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PLASHY

1. Watery, wet, waterlogged.

   Synonyms: drenched, saturated, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet

   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 9:

     By and by after his iumping vppon them, the Saxons for that Garianonum, or Yarmoth that had giuen vp the ghoſt, in thoſe ſlymie plaſhie fieldes of Gorlſtone trowled vp a ſecond Yarmouth, abutting on the Weſt ſide of the ſhore of this great Yarmouth, […]

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   • 1815 [1802], William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence:

     The Hare is running races in her mirth; / And with her feet she from the plashy earth / Raises a mist; which, glittering in the sun, / Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.

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2. Marked by flecks of colour, as if plashed with paint.

   Synonyms: speckled; see also Thesaurus:marked