What does mossy mean?
Definitions for mossy
ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs imossy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word mossy.
Princeton's WordNet
moss-grown, mossyadjective
overgrown with moss
fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgyadjective
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
"moss-grown ideas about family life"
Wiktionary
mossyadjective
Covered in or overgrown with moss.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mossyadjective
Overgrown with moss; covered with moss.
Etymology: from moss.
Old trees are more mossy far than young; for that the sap is not so frank as to rise all to the boughs, but tireth by the way, and putteth out moss. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
The mossy fountains and the Sylvan shades
Delight no more. Alexander Pope, Messiah.
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mossy
Mossy typically refers to something that is covered with or resembling moss, a small, soft, green plant that grows in damp or shady locations. It can also connote a sense of being aged, moist, or green, mostly used to describe surfaces such as rocks, walls, roofs, or trees.
Webster Dictionary
Mossy
overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams
Mossy
resembling moss; as, mossy green
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mossy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mossy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of mossy in a Sentence
We just let the top half of the garden go wild and installed log piles, i worked all through the lockdown but spent lots of time in our garden. I came across these two mouse families at either ends of the garden. One group lives under some old decking, and the other lives in a little mossy hill near an old shed.
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