mossy

[ maw-see, mos-ee ]

/ ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs i /

overgrown with or abounding in moss: a mossy stone.

covered with a mosslike growth.

appearing as if covered with moss.

resembling moss: a mossy softness.

old or outdated; antiquated: mossy ideas.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1540–50; moss + -y¹

Related formsmoss·i·ness, nounun·moss·y, adjective

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I'm surrounded by mossy ruins that just barely retain the shape of a building.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then Brighteyes got up from the mossy log, and went toward the running water.
Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg|Howard R. Garis
Sometimes they chose the mossy corner for their resting place.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
One of the most venerable and mossy of these narcotic saws is that our school systems are the bulwark of democracy.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various

Walter Blythe suddenly rose from a mossy cushion behind a little clump of firs where he had been reading.
Rainbow Valley|Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rushing toward the vase, he seized it and bore it to the mossy rock.
The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I|Various