Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mossy

/ˈmɔsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: mossy
IPA: /ˈmɔsi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in or overgrown with moss.

noun

Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]"
"A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!"
"Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mossy

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɔsi/
British English: /ˈmɒsi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mossier (comparative) mossiest (superlative) mossies (plural) mossys (plural)

Derived Forms

mossily mossiness

Phrases

mossy-back mossy-backed mossy cell mossy crêpe mossy-cup oak mossy fiber mossy fibre mossy foot

Synonyms

moss-grown fogyish stick-in-the-mud stodgy

Rhymes With

aussie glossy rossi bossy saucy fauci flossie bossie dawsey delacy posse lossy

Questions

How do you pronounce mossy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔsi/.
What does mossy mean?: Covered in or overgrown with moss.
Where does mossy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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