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noun a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
noun a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
originFrom Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.
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