US /ˈmɔsi/ UK /ˈmɒsi/
adj Freq #52098

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Covered in or overgrown with moss.

    The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […].

  2. 2
    adj

    (used pejoratively) out of fashion

  3. 3
    adj

    overgrown with moss

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · covered in or overgrown... moss-grown
2 adj · (used pejoratively) out of... stodgy
3 adj · overgrown with moss moss-grown

Etymology

From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.

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