mossbound

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adjective

Covered in moss.

OriginEnglish bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn →
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Meanings

adjectivemossbound (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepoeticCovered in moss.

    Here we decided to make camp beside a mossbound spring, in the lee of the steep richly flowered bank.

    1967, Peter Scott, Happy the Man, page 148

Origin

  1. Englishmoss
  2. Old Norsebúinn
  3. Middle Englishbownde
  4. Englishbound
  5. Englishmossbound

From moss + bound.

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APA

mossbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mossbound

MLA

“mossbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mossbound. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mossbound,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mossbound.

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