mossy

[ maw-see, mos-ee ]

/ ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs i /

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adjective, moss·i·er, moss·i·est.

overgrown with or abounding in moss: a mossy stone.

covered with a mosslike growth.

appearing as if covered with moss.

resembling moss: a mossy softness.

old or outdated; antiquated: mossy ideas.

Origin of mossy

First recorded in 1540–50; moss + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mossy

moss·i·ness, nounun·moss·y, adjective

Words nearby mossy

moss pink, Moss Point, moss rose, moss stitch, mosstrooper, mossy, mossy horn, most, Mostaganem, Mostar, mostest

Example sentences from the Web for mossy

I'm surrounded by mossy ruins that just barely retain the shape of a building.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then Brighteyes got up from the mossy log, and went toward the running water.
Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg|Howard R. Garis
Sometimes they chose the mossy corner for their resting place.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
One of the most venerable and mossy of these narcotic saws is that our school systems are the bulwark of democracy.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various

Walter Blythe suddenly rose from a mossy cushion behind a little clump of firs where he had been reading.
Rainbow Valley|Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rushing toward the vase, he seized it and bore it to the mossy rock.
The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I|Various