mossy

2 definitions found

mossy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mossy \Moss"y\, a. [Compar. Mossier; superl. Mossiest.]
     1. Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss;
        as, mossy trees; mossy streams.
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              Old trees are more mossy far than young. --Bacon.
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     2. Resembling moss; as, mossy green.
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mossy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mossy
      adj 1: overgrown with moss [syn: moss-grown, mossy]
      2: (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-
         grown ideas about family life" [syn: fogyish, moss-grown,
         mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgy]