ˈmȯsē, -si also ˈmäs- adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: moss (I) + -y
1. dialect Britain : boggy
2. : overgrown with or covered with moss or something like moss : downy
some mossy gravestone — Nathaniel Hawthorne
exposing his round throat, mossy chest — Herman Melville
3. : resembling moss
mossy green
mossy carpets — Earle Birney
4. : antiquated , moss-backed
mossy ideas that had hung on — Women's Wear Daily
mossy old parson — M.L.Bach