mossy
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒsi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːsi/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒsi
- Rhymes: -ɔːsi
Adjective
mossy (comparative mossier, superlative mossiest)
- Covered in or overgrown with moss.
- Synonym: moss-grown
- 1800, William Wordsworth, Song:
- A violet by a mossy stone/ Half hidden from the eye,/ Fair as a star when only one/ Is shining in the sky.
Derived terms
- mossily
- mossiness
- mossy-back, mossy-backed
- mossy cell
- mossy crêpe
- mossy-cup oak
- mossy fiber, mossy fibre
- mossy foot
- mossy horn
- mossy New Caledonian gecko
- mossy saxifrage
- mossy stonecrop
- mossy zinc
- Vietnamese mossy frog
Translations
covered in or overgrown with moss
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