adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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

Adjective

1. 1
   Covered in or overgrown with moss.

   "The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]"

Adjective

1. 1
   (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned wordnet
2. 2
   overgrown with moss wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fogyishgrassymoss grownmoss-grownmoss-grownmossed

Example

More examples

"Tom cleared away the mossy, rotten wood."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Vietnamese mossy frogmossy New Caledonian geckomossy cellmossy crêpemossy fibermossy fibremossy footmossy hornmossy saxifragemossy stonecropmossy zincmossy-back

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