Mossy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɒsi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mossy is an adjective meaning Covered in or overgrown with moss.
Meaning
Covered in or overgrown with moss.
More Meanings
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- mossier
- mossiest
- mossies
- mossys
Synonyms for mossy
Depending on context, synonyms include moss-grown, chromatic, stodgy, covered, fogyish, nonmodern.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mosslike, moss-grown, stodgy, colored, chromatic, covered.
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