bosky

[bos-kee]

adjective

boskier, boskiest 

1. covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody.

2. shady.

bosky

/ ˈbɒskɪ /

adjective

1. literary,  containing or consisting of bushes or thickets

   a bosky wood

Other Word Forms

• boskiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosky¹

First recorded in 1585–95; bosk + -y ¹

Example Sentences

From the coastal Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Lin brought to Manhattan 49 full-grown Atlantic white cedars, each around 40 feet tall, and planted them together at the center of a bosky Madison Square Park.

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In the picture’s lower half, breasts, hair and nipple fold and swell in a bosky zone of shadow-casting shapes.

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Christian Cooper had been birdwatching early Monday morning in the Ramble, a bosky, secluded area in Central Park which draws hundreds of species of birds, when he encountered Amy Cooper and her dog.

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And down by the Sandy Branch River, a boardwalk zigzagged up through a wrinkle in the bosky slope.

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Güell had ambitious plans for his hillside property: it was to be designed by Antoni Gaudí, the celebrated architect, with sixty houses set on the bosky grounds.

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Related Words

• fresh 
• grassy 
• leafy 
• lush 
• raw 
• tender 
• verdant