mossiness

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English

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Etymology

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From mossy +‎ -ness.

Noun

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mossiness (usually uncountable, plural mossinesses)

  1. The state or condition of being mossy.
    Synonym: muscosity
    • 1935, Ethelyn Emery Keays, Old roses:
      Common Moss, very common and running wild about old cabins, attaining new heights of bush, greater bloom, and marvelous mossiness when in the right location []