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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