mossgrown
mossgrown is the alternative form of moss-grown.
Meaning of moss-grown
Adjective
moss-grown (comparative more moss-grown, superlative most moss-grown)
- Having a covering of growing moss.
- Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn...c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]
- Synonyms:
- mossy
- Old; old-fashioned, out of date.
- To find one's self suddenly translated from the wild, flowery prairie into the heart of an aged, moss-grown village, of such foreign aspect, withal, was by no means easy to reconcile with one's notions of reality.1838, [Edmund Flagg], chapter XXV, in The Far West: Or, A Tour beyond the Mountains. […] In Two Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Published by Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 32
- Synonyms:
- antiquated, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld
Forms of mossgrown
| comparative | more mossgrown |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mossgrown |
Origin of mossgrown
From moss + grown.
Questions about mossgrown
- What is mossgrown the alternative form of?
- Mossgrown is the alternative form of moss-grown.
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