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mossbacked

mossbacked adjective: having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.

Adjective

mossbacked (comparative more mossbacked, superlative most mossbacked)

  1. (informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.

Forms of mossbacked

comparativemore mossbacked
superlativemost mossbacked

Origin of mossbacked

From moss + backed, modelled after mossback.

Questions about mossbacked

What does mossbacked mean?
Mossbacked means having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
What part of speech is mossbacked?
Mossbacked is an adjective.

Words near mossbacked in the dictionary

  1. Mossadists
  2. Mossadnik
  3. Mossadnikim
  4. Mossadniks
  5. mossback
  6. mossbacked
  7. mossbacks
  8. mossbanker
  9. mossbankers
  10. Mossbay
  11. mossberries

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