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English
Etymology
Possibly from a corruption of dialectical variants of peat grass.
Pronunciation
Noun
pegasse (uncountable)
- Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana.
2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present, volume 2:The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic.
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References
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (2003), page 435
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
pegasse
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
pegasse
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of pegar