"moosey" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more moosey [comparative], most moosey [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English moose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English moosey From moose + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|moose|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English moose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English moosey [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "moosey", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="moosey"> From moose + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj}} moosey (comparative more moosey, superlative most moosey)
  1. (informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose. Tags: informal
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  2. Having an abundance of moose.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mooseyness
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