Why is quicksand called quicksand when you get sucked in so slowly? What can people say or do about the closed world of science:

Why is quicksand not really fast if you suck it in, usually fastly?

What are the advantages of doing so?

Asked on December 26, 2021 in Meaning.
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In the word quicksand, actually the word quick has all the old meaning :

Archaic
a. Am I always endowed with life?

Etym Online:

C. 1400, from M.E. quyk “living” (see quick) + sond “sand. “How

does quick sand that is not a fast sand mean fast

sand and not a living sand?

Answered on January 28, 2022.
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In the word quicksand, actually the word quick has all the old meaning :

Archaic
a. Am I always endowed with life?

Etym Online:

C. 1400, from M.E. quyk “living” (see quick) + sond “sand. “How

does quick sand that is not a fast sand mean fast

sand and not a living sand?

Answered on February 8, 2022.
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In the word quicksand, actually the word quick has all the old meaning :

Archaic
a. Am I always endowed with life?

Etym Online:

C. 1400, from M.E. quyk “living” (see quick) + sond “sand. “How

does quick sand that is not a fast sand mean fast

sand and not a living sand?

Answered on March 6, 2022.
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In the word quicksand, actually the word quick has all the old meaning :

Archaic
a. Am I always endowed with life?

Etym Online:

C. 1400, from M.E. quyk “living” (see quick) + sond “sand. “How

does quick sand that is not a fast sand mean fast

sand and not a living sand?

Answered on March 13, 2022.
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In the word quicksand, actually the word quick has all the old meaning :

Archaic
a. Am I always endowed with life?

Etym Online:

C. 1400, from M.E. quyk “living” (see quick) + sond “sand. “How

does quick sand that is not a fast sand mean fast

sand and not a living sand?

Answered on March 14, 2022.
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