mossy

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒsi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːsi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsi
• Rhymes: -ɔːsi

Adjective

mossy (comparative mossier, superlative mossiest)

1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.

   Synonym: moss-grown

   • Template:RQ:Wordsworth Song

     A violet by a mossy stone/ Half hidden from the eye,/ Fair as a star when only one/ Is shining in the sky.

Derived terms

• mossy cell
• mossy fiber, mossy fibre
• mossy foot
• mossy New Caledonian gecko
• mossy saxifrage
• mossily
• mossiness

• mossy-back, mossy-backed
• mossy crêpe
• mossy-cup oak
• mossy horn
• mossy stonecrop
• mossy zinc

Translations

covered in or overgrown with moss

• Bulgarian: мъхест (bg) (mǎhest)
• Catalan: molsut, molsós
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• Dutch: mossig (nl)
• Finnish: sammaleinen (fi), sammaloitunut (fi)
• French: moussu (fr) m, moussue (fr) f
• Galician: musgoso, musguento
• Hungarian: mohos, mohlepte
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• Irish: móinteach, móintiúil
• Italian: muscoso m, muscosa f
• Latin: muscōsus
• Polish: omszały m, mszysty (pl)
• Portuguese: musgoso
• Russian: мши́стый (ru) (mšístyj), замше́лый (ru) (zamšélyj)
• Spanish: musgoso
• Swedish: mossig (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

mossy (plural mossies or mossys)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”)