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English Dictionary: mossy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mossy
adj
  1. overgrown with moss
    Synonym(s): moss-grown, mossy
  2. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss- grown ideas about family life"
    Synonym(s): fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mossy \Moss"y\, a. [Compar. {Mossier}; superl. {Mossiest}.]
      1. Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss;
            as, mossy trees; mossy streams.
  
                     Old trees are more mossy far than young. --Bacon.
  
      2. Resembling moss; as, mossy green.
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