mossie
/ˈmɒz.i/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.
Example Sentences
- "Our four baby mossies have left the nest."
- "Another highly successful species, which has become a serious pest of fruit, is the Mossie or Cape Sparrow. The male mossie, with his black and white head and rufous mantle, is rather a handsome little bird; his wife lacks the head markings, being grey-brown with a pale eye-stripe."
- "He laughs a deep laugh that rumbles up from somewhere in his drumskin stomach. It spooks the mossies on the overhead telegraph wire."
- "She came out, standing a head taller than him, tugging a loose cotton shift into place, and made for a rough brick fireplace beside a pile of rusting pots and pans. ‘Come inside,’ Willi said. ‘The mossies will eat you alive out here.’"
- "Tip 1 : Make sure there is clearance between your body and the net. If the net touches your skin, the mossie will be able to bite you through it."
- "He had becoms full of Bay intelligence about mosquito repellent measures. Apart from the obvious—mossie coils, citronella candles, zappers, fine nets suspended over beds and Rid roll-on or spray—he decided to invest in bush gear from an army disposal store. The mossies, who know a city slicker when they bite one, had been stinging clear through his Calvin Clone T-shirts from the Hong Kong markets and feasting on his bare arms as if presented with a juicy buffet."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmɒz.i/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Dated
- Informal
- Slang