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mossiness|ˈmɒsɪnɪs|
[f. mossy a. + -ness.]
The condition of being mossy (in senses of the adj.); concr. a mossy substance or growth.
[1538: see mosiness s.v. mosy a.] 1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. iv. (1580) 75 b, The firste softe haire, or mossinesse of the face. 1625Bacon Ess., Gardens (Arb.) 561 That the Water be neuer by Rest Discoloured, Greene, or Red, or the like; Or gather any Mossinesse or Putrefaction. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Oak, The frequent Mossiness of most Trees on the North Side. 1817Keats Spec. Induct. to Poem 22 Th' half seen mossiness of linnets' nests. 1893Burrell & Cuthell Indian Mem. 175 A Himalayan forest is a wealth of leafiness and mossiness. |