mossy
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/ˈmɒsi/
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/ˈmɒsi/ · /ˈmɔsi/(US) · /ˈmɑsi/(US)
Definition of mossy
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Covered in or overgrown with moss.
“The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]”
“A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!”
“Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.”
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adj
-
Covered in or overgrown with moss.
“The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]”
“A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!”
“Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.”
noun
- (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
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