Meanings
mossy1
comparative mossier · superlative mossiest
- Covered in or overgrown with moss.
The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]
1798, [Samuel Rogers], “An Epistle to a Friend”, in An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems. […], London: […] R. Noble, for T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 19–202 more examples
A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!
1798 (date written), W[illiam] Wordsworth, “Song [She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways]”, in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Co., […], published 1800, →OCLC, page 52Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 127Synonyms: moss-grown
mossy2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered in or overgrown with moss.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveovergrown with moss
adjective(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishmossy
- Englishmossy
From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мъхест
- мъхест (măhest)covered in or overgrown with moss
Catalan molsut, molsós
- molsutcovered in or overgrown with moss
- molsóscovered in or overgrown with moss
Chinese Mandarin 長滿青苔的 /长满青苔的
- 長滿青苔的 /长满青苔的 (zhǎng mǎn qīngtái de)covered in or overgrown with moss
Dutch mossig
- mossigcovered in or overgrown with moss
Esperanto muska
- muskacovered in or overgrown with moss
Finnish sammaleinen, sammaloitunut
- sammaleinencovered in or overgrown with moss
- sammaloitunutcovered in or overgrown with moss
French moussu, moussue
- moussucovered in or overgrown with moss
- moussuecovered in or overgrown with moss
Hungarian mohos, mohlepte
- mohoscovered in or overgrown with moss
- mohleptecovered in or overgrown with moss
Irish móinteach, móintiúil
- móinteachcovered in or overgrown with moss
- móintiúilcovered in or overgrown with moss
Italian muscoso, muscosa
- muscosocovered in or overgrown with moss
- muscosacovered in or overgrown with moss
Latin muscōsus
- muscōsuscovered in or overgrown with moss
Polish omszały, mszysty
- omszałycovered in or overgrown with moss
- mszystycovered in or overgrown with moss
Portuguese musgoso
- musgosocovered in or overgrown with moss
Russian мши́стый, замше́лый
- мши́стый (mšístyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
- замше́лый (zamšélyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
- обомше́лый (obomšélyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
Spanish musgoso
- musgosocovered in or overgrown with moss
Swedish mossig
- mossigcovered in or overgrown with moss
Ukrainian мохови́тий, моха́стий
- мохови́тий (moxovýtyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
- моха́стий (moxástyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
- моши́стий (mošýstyj)covered in or overgrown with moss
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mossy
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