▪ I. † ˈboggish, a.1 Obs.
[f. bog a. + -ish.]
? Inclined to bluster or brag; puffed up; bold. Hence ˈboggishly adv., in a vaunting manner.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 42 Boggyschyn [K.H. boggysche. 1499 boggisshe], tumidus. c 1350 Will. Palerne 1707 And bogeysliche as a boye busked to þe kychene. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 42 Boggyschely, tumide. |
▪ II. † ˈboggish, a.2
[f. bog n.1]
Of boggy nature.
| 1633 T. Stafford Pac. Hib. xxi. (1821) 416 On the front a boggish Glyn. |