moss-grownadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒsˌɡrəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmɔsˌɡroʊn/,

/ˈmɑsˌɡroʊn/

Forms: see moss n.¹ and grown adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moss n.¹, grown adj.

Etymology: < moss n.¹ + grown adj.

1. Overgrown with moss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > covered in or overgrown with moss

moss-grownc1390

moss-begrown?a1425

mossy1561

fogged1743

mossed1744

sphagnose1818

sphagnous1845

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > overgrown with moss

moss-grownc1390

mossy1548

mossed1744

c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 277 (MED) Mos grouwen wal he gan fynde.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 31 Which..topples down Steeples and mossegrown towers.

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 112 Thou who delightest still to dwell By some hoar and moss-grown cell.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 134 Every antique farm house and moss-grown cottage is a picture.

1851 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 7 July in Gold Rush (1944) II. v. 989 We followed a street..to the foot of the tall hill on which stands the moss-grown old castle.

1906 R. E. Vernède Meriel of Moors xxxix. 268 A hollow, dewy and moss-grown.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 133 I exited that grove of spooky junipers and white cedars, looked leftward from that moss-grown picnic table as directed.

2. figurative. Old, antiquated, out of date.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xii. 194 In this age..the moss–grown and rotten Past is to be torn down.

1893 L. F. Townsend in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1221 Dr. Channing..saw, as he thought, the speedy..burial of the moss-grown doctrines of Bible orthodoxy.

1902 A. B. Davidson Called of God viii. 215 Even the holiest things had become mouldy, moss-grown and eaten away.

1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iii. 172 My word's not moss-grown.

1991 R. W. B. Lewis Jameses 473 Undraped by the illusions and mystery of a moss-grown, cobwebby past, but overflowing with a divine good-humour and benignancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moss-grown
释义	moss-grownadj. Brit. /ˈmɒsˌɡrəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɔsˌɡroʊn/, /ˈmɑsˌɡroʊn/ Forms: see moss n.¹ and grown adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moss n.¹, grown adj. Etymology: < moss n.¹ + grown adj. 1. Overgrown with moss. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > covered in or overgrown with moss moss-grownc1390 moss-begrown?a1425 mossy1561 fogged1743 mossed1744 sphagnose1818 sphagnous1845 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > overgrown with moss moss-grownc1390 mossy1548 mossed1744 c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 277 (MED) Mos grouwen wal he gan fynde. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 31 Which..topples down Steeples and mossegrown towers. View more context for this quotation 1762 R. Lloyd Poems 112 Thou who delightest still to dwell By some hoar and moss-grown cell. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 134 Every antique farm house and moss-grown cottage is a picture. 1851 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 7 July in Gold Rush (1944) II. v. 989 We followed a street..to the foot of the tall hill on which stands the moss-grown old castle. 1906 R. E. Vernède Meriel of Moors xxxix. 268 A hollow, dewy and moss-grown. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 133 I exited that grove of spooky junipers and white cedars, looked leftward from that moss-grown picnic table as directed. 2. figurative. Old, antiquated, out of date. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xii. 194 In this age..the moss–grown and rotten Past is to be torn down. 1893 L. F. Townsend in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1221 Dr. Channing..saw, as he thought, the speedy..burial of the moss-grown doctrines of Bible orthodoxy. 1902 A. B. Davidson Called of God viii. 215 Even the holiest things had become mouldy, moss-grown and eaten away. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iii. 172 My word's not moss-grown. 1991 R. W. B. Lewis Jameses 473 Undraped by the illusions and mystery of a moss-grown, cobwebby past, but overflowing with a divine good-humour and benignancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1390
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