bosky

American  

[bos-kee] / ˈbɒs ki /

adjective

boskier, boskiest

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

2. shady.

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bosky British  

/ ˈbɒskɪ /

adjective

1. literary containing or consisting of bushes or thickets

   a bosky wood

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Other Word Forms

• boskiness noun

Etymology

Origin of bosky

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Salon

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

From Washington Post

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.

From The New Yorker

As I pedaled on through the bosky, quiet terrain, I became aware of a peculiar genius loci, the spit’s ephemeral sense of place.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• fresh
• grassy
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