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mossiest

mossiest is the superlative form of mossy.

Meaning of mossy

Adjective

mossy (comparative mossier, superlative mossiest)

  1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
    • The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]1798, [Samuel Rogers], “An Epistle to a Friend”, in An Epistle to a Friend, with Other Poems. […], London: […] R. Noble, for T[homas] Cadell, Junior, and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines...
    Synonyms:
    moss-grown

Questions about mossiest

What is mossiest the superlative form of?
Mossiest is the superlative form of mossy.

Words near mossiest in the dictionary

  1. mossgrown
  2. Mossi
  3. mossie
  4. mossier
  5. mossies
  6. mossiest
  7. Mossiface
  8. mossily
  9. mossiness
  10. mossinesses
  11. mossing

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