plashy

1 of 2

adjective (1)

-shē,

-shi

-er/-est

: abounding with pools or puddles

down the steep, plashy path they poured

—Rudyard Kipling

: marshy

plashy brink of weedy lake

—W. C. Bryant

the heron fishes in his plashy pool

—Walter de la Mare

plashy

2 of 2

adjective (2)

"

-er/-est

: marked by plashes : splashing, plashing

a plashy tramp by the side of the bridge caught the sensitive ear

—Washington Irving

Word History

Etymology

Adjective (1)

plash entry 1 + -y

Adjective (2)

plash entry 3 + -y

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