"mossy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɒsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑːsi/ [US] Audio: en-us-mossy.ogg [US], en-au-mossy.ogg [Australia] Forms: mossier [comparative], mossiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒsi, -ɔːsi Etymology: From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mossy}} Middle English mossy, {{af|en|moss|-y}} moss + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} mossy (comparative mossier, superlative mossiest)
  1. Covered in or overgrown with moss. Synonyms: moss-grown Translations (covered in or overgrown with moss): мъхест (mǎhest) (Bulgarian), molsut (Catalan), molsós (Catalan), mossig (Dutch), muska (Esperanto), sammaleinen (Finnish), sammaloitunut (Finnish), moussu [masculine] (French), moussue [feminine] (French), musgoso (Galician), musguento (Galician), mohos (Hungarian), mohlepte (Hungarian), móinteach (Irish), móintiúil (Irish), muscoso [masculine] (Italian), muscosa [feminine] (Italian), muscōsus (Latin), omszały [masculine] (Polish), mszysty (Polish), musgoso (Portuguese), мши́стый (mšístyj) (Russian), замше́лый (zamšélyj) (Russian), обомше́лый (obomšélyj) (Russian), musgoso (Spanish), mossig (Swedish), мохови́тий (moxovýtyj) (Ukrainian), моха́стий (moxástyj) (Ukrainian), моши́стий (mošýstyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mossy-en-adj-GT~j81Qy Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Derived forms: mossily, mossiness, mossy-back, mossy-backed, mossy cell, mossy crêpe, mossy-cup oak, mossy fiber, mossy fibre, mossy foot, mossy horn, mossy New Caledonian gecko, mossy saxifrage, mossy stonecrop, mossy zinc, Vietnamese mossy frog
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: mossies [plural], mossys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|mossys}} mossy (plural mossies or mossys)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”) Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial Alternative form of: mossie (extra: mosquito)
    Sense id: en-mossy-en-noun-dD4QDpGA Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "моши́стий"
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  ],
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}

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      "form": "mossies",
      "tags": [
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    },
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          "extra": "mosquito",
          "word": "mossie"
        }
      ],
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        "British English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”)"
      ],
      "links": [
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}

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