mossy
pronunciation
How to pronounce mossy in British English:
UK [ˈmɒsi]
How to pronounce mossy in American English:
US [ˈmɔsi]
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- Adjective:
- overgrown with moss
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Word Origin
- mossy (adj.)
- 1560s, from moss + -y (2).
Example
- 1. This was a small green , mossy , organic fountain .
- 2. Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways .
- 3. I remember sneaking out on a regular basis , raising the garage door a click at a time till it was open enough to belly under it , then I 'd slide my old acoustic guitar through and tip-toe several blocks under the boughs of old mossy live oaks to the little lakeside park .
- 4. To the north is josefov , where mossy , haunted fragments of the old jewish ghetto remain .
- 5. I leaned back upon a mossy rock , and the song returned to me more intense than before : an explosion accompanied by a sudden movement .