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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
morass /məˈras/

▶noun

1 an area of muddy or boggy ground.

2 a complicated or confused situation.

– origin C15: from Du. moeras, alt. (by assimilation to moer ‘moor’) of MDu. marasch, from OFr. marais ‘marsh’, from med. L. mariscus.

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