Mossy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mossy \Moss"y\, a. [Compar. {Mossier}; superl. {Mossiest}.]
     1. Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss;
        as, mossy trees; mossy streams.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Old trees are more mossy far than young. --Bacon.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Resembling moss; as, mossy green.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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