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mossy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɔsi/ (US)
• /ˈmɑsi/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɒsi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.

Meanings

1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
   • A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky! 1798 (date written), W[illiam] Wordsworth, “Song [She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways]”, in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Co., […], published 1800, →OCLC, page 52:
   • The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […] 1798, [Samuel Rogers], “An Epistle to a Friend”, in An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems. […], London: […] R. Noble, for T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 19–20:
   • 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. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 127:

Forms

Deriveds

mossy crêpe · mossy horn · mossily · mossy saxifrage · mossy-back · mossy-backed · Vietnamese mossy frog · mossy fiber · mossy-cup oak · mossy fibre · mossy cell · mossy foot · mossy New Caledonian gecko · mossy stonecrop · mossy zinc · mossiness

Synonyms

moss-grown

Translations (31)

hu mohlepte (covered in or overgrown with moss) · es musgoso (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ru мши́стый (covered in or overgrown with moss) · fr moussu (covered in or overgrown with moss) · it muscosa (covered in or overgrown with moss) · uk мохови́тий (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ca molsós (covered in or overgrown with moss) · pl omszały (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ca molsut (covered in or overgrown with moss) · mk мовлив (covered in or overgrown with moss) · fi sammaloitunut (covered in or overgrown with moss) · gl musgoso (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ga móintiúil (covered in or overgrown with moss) · hu mohos (covered in or overgrown with moss) · eo muska (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ru обомше́лый (covered in or overgrown with moss) · sv mossig (covered in or overgrown with moss) · uk моха́стий (covered in or overgrown with moss) · cmn 長滿青苔的 /长满青苔的 (covered in or overgrown with moss) · fi sammaleinen (covered in or overgrown with moss) · fr moussue (covered in or overgrown with moss) · nl mossig (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ru замше́лый (covered in or overgrown with moss) · pl mszysty (covered in or overgrown with moss) · gl musguento (covered in or overgrown with moss) · ga móinteach (covered in or overgrown with moss) · uk моши́стий (covered in or overgrown with moss) · bg мъхест (covered in or overgrown with moss) · pt musgoso (covered in or overgrown with moss) · it muscoso (covered in or overgrown with moss) · la muscōsus (covered in or overgrown with moss)

mossy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial) Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).
   alt of mossie

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