/ˈmɒsi/, /ˈmɔsi/, /ˈmɑsi/
OriginFrom Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
- Covered in or overgrown with moss.
“The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]”
“A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!”
“Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.”
Formsmossier(comparative) · mossiest(superlative)
Source: Wiktionary