Mossy
['mɒsɪ] or ['mɔsi]
Definition
(superl.) Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams.
(superl.) Resembling moss; as, mossy green.
Editor: Sasha
Examples
- Goldenrod and asters fringed the mossy walls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin, eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So he just laid his head down on the mossy post, and stood so still that Jo was frightened. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I folded my shawl double, and spread it over me for a coverlet; a low, mossy swell was my pillow. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A lover finds his mistress asleep on a mossy bank; he wishes to catch a glimpse of her fair face without waking her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is the natural hill, with its mossy breaks and hollows, whose slope invites ascent, whose summit it is pleasure to gain. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let us sit here, Selden suggested, as they reached an open ledge of rock above which the beeches rose steeply between mossy boulders. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typed by Jeanette