单词 | mossiness |
释义 | mossinessn. The condition of being mossy (also figurative); (concrete) a mossy substance or growth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > condition of being mossiness1625 muscosity1656 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of being overgrown with moss mossiness1625 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > down mosiness1538 downc1540 mossiness1625 poil1647 duvet1934 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 274 That the Water be neuer by Rest Discoloured, Greene, or Red, or the like; Or gather any Mossinesse or Putrefaction. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Oak The frequent Mossiness of most Trees on the North Side. 1817 J. Keats Spec. Induction 22 Th' half seen mossiness of linnets' nests. 1893 W. S. Burrell & E. E. Cuthell Indian Mem. 175 A Himalayan forest is a wealth of leafiness and mossiness. 1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain xii. 267 Yes, for all its mossiness of mind and its grey philistinism and its dread of reality, this [sc. Britain] was a country worth belonging to. 1991 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 18 670 Quantitative measurements of the ‘mossiness’ of the forest were lacking until recently. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625 |
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