MOSSY

fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy

(adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; “moss-grown ideas about family life”

mossy, moss-grown

(adjective) overgrown with moss

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mossy (comparative mossier, superlative mossiest)

Covered in or overgrown with moss.

Synonym: moss-grown

Noun

mossy (plural mossies)

(Australia) mosquito

Source: Wiktionary


Moss"y, a. [Compar. Mossier; superl. Mossiest.]

1. Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams. Old trees are more mossy far than young. Bacon.

2. Resembling moss; as, mossy green.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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