Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with moss or something like moss.
- adjective Resembling moss.
- adjective Old-fashioned; antiquated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Overgrown with moss; abounding with moss.
- Like moss.
- Mealy.
- Moldy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss
- adjective Resembling moss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered in or
overgrown withmoss .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
- adjective overgrown with moss
Etymologies
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Examples
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I bought the Cabelas scentlok version in mossy oak, it was about 200 bucks ....
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I bought the Cabelas scentlok version in mossy oak, it was about 200 bucks ....
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Of course, much of the hunting clothing market is high-priced but you can easily find good-quality hunting clothing in mossy oak etc but not so much in outfitter camo and digicam.
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Of course, much of the hunting clothing market is high-priced but you can easily find good-quality hunting clothing in mossy oak etc but not so much in outfitter camo and digicam.
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‘I can only conclude that mossy is scared of me,’ said belac.
Think Progress » San Francisco Commonwealth Club postpones O’Keefe event. 2010
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Chypre perfumes are often described as mossy, earthy, warm, spicy and nature-smelling.
What do Chypres Smell Like? Ayala Sender 2006
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Chypre perfumes are often described as mossy, earthy, warm, spicy and nature-smelling.
Archive 2006-10-01 Ayala Sender 2006
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Oh, I’m just an optimistic person, ralph … I really believe that mossy is gonna find a job that won’t be so personally degrading soon, there’s an opening on the right for a bad fake 70’s pimp coming up I hear ….
Think Progress » San Francisco Commonwealth Club postpones O’Keefe event. 2010
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He was studying a particular type of brain neuron, called mossy cells, which are often damaged in people with epilepsy and are part of the hippocampus.
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So I started with a base of that CIM color that looks kind of mossy green, anyone know the name? and I added some stripes and details.
Trying Something Different Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2009
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