mossy

Etymology 1

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

adj

  1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
    A violet by a mossy stone/ Half hidden from the eye,/ Fair as a star when only one/ Is shining in the sky. 1800, William Wordsworth, Song

Etymology 2

noun

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

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