† mosyn.1
Cookery. Obsolete.
A dish prepared with wine and spices.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > other prepared foods or dishes > [noun]
mawmenny1381
browet Saracen?c1390
corat?c1390
lete lardes?c1390
lete lory?c1390
burseuc1400
lorey14..
Jack of Doverc1405
bukenadea1425
nesebeka1425
mosy?c1425
blaundsore1430
fauntemperec1430
irchinc1430
white sorréc1430
entraila1450
pasteladea1450
prenadec1450
fignadea1475
frianc1500
profiterole?1521
slampamp1593
flap-dragon1604
eel-cake1653
Lombard1657
hedgehog1723
bird's nest1769
dope18..
negro-pota1818
jug jug1877
King Henry's shoestrings1887
foam-omelet1892
crème1901
farofa1922
chilaquiles1938
metagee1957
Kiev1967
pani puri1969
?c1425 Recipe in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Arun. 334) (1790) 460 (MED) Mosy for Soper in Somer: Take smale chekyns and chop hom, and sethe hom in brothe of beef, and wyne.
?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in Middle Eng. Dict. at Mosi To mak chekyns in musy: To dight chekins in musy, tak smale chikins boiled in swet brothe of wyne then chop hem and put ther to parsly and saige.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
mosyadj.n.2
/ˈməʊzi/, U.S. /ˈmoʊzi/, Irish English /ˈmoʊzi/, Canadian English /ˈmoːzi/α. late Middle English moosy, late Middle English–1500s 1800s mosy, 1500s moocie, 1600s mozy; English regional 1800s– moosy, 1800s– moozy (Yorkshire), 1800s– mosey, 1800s– mosy, 1800s– mouzy (Yorkshire), 1800s– mozey, 1800s– mozy; Scottish 1800s– moosie, 1800s– mosey, 1800s– mozie; Irish English 1900s– mosey.
β. English regional 1800s– mausy (south-west midlands), 1800s– mawsey (south-west midlands), 1800s– mawsy (south-west midlands), 1800s– mawzy (Cheshire); Newfoundland 1800s– mausey, 1900s– mausy, 1900s– mauzie, 1900s– mauzy, 1900s– mawzy /ˈmɑːzi/; Scottish 1800s mawsey.
γ. English regional (Worcestershire) 1800s– moisey, 1800s– moisy.
Now British regional and Newfoundland.
A. adj.
I. Senses relating to hair.
1. Downy, hairy, furry; = mossy adj. 4, 5. Now British regional.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > down
mosya1475
mossy1567
callow down1598
tomentous1657
tomentose1698
pluffy1809
fluffy1848
pilar1860
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and fluffy
mossy1561
downy1578
mosy1578
thrummy1597
cotton wool1648
cottonary1658
cottonous1664
cottony1664
tozy1706
flewsey1712
fuzzy1713
furzy1720
floscular1822
fuffy1824
fluffy1825
flossy1845
flocculent1870
furry1876
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 13704 (MED) I sawh a wekke, Old and hydous..Pyled and seynt as any kaat, And moosy-heryd [v.r. mosy-heryd; c1450 Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode mossy; Fr. moussue] as a raat.
1559 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) at Barba Incipiens barba..a younge moocie bearde.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxviii. 267 Dictam, is..a hoate and sharp herbe..his leaues be..somewhat hoare or mosy with a certaine fine downe.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 159 It is of a fungous or Mozy substance.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Mozy, shaggy; covered with hair. The clown, who shaves but once a week, is of course very mozy when he comes under the barber's hands.
1877 T. Holderness et al. Gloss. Holderness 96 Jack's gettin quite moozy aboot chin.
1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 78 Mosy, of animals..furry, downy.
II. Senses relating to a decayed or imperfect condition.
2. regional (chiefly English regional (western)). Of fruit, vegetables, etc.: mouldy, decayed, rotten; overripe; tough.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] > decayed or decaying
sleepy1790
mosy1804
turpid1866
specked1882
dozy1923
1804 J. Duncumb Coll. Hist. County Hereford I. vii. 213/2 Mosey, decayed; from the French moisi.
1851 Gloss. Gloucestershire (at cited word) A mosey potatoe.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Them goose-apples bin the sort to keep till Chris'mas, these yallow uns gwun as mosey an' pithy—like an owd turmit.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Mozy, juiceless, tough, as apples, pears, turnips, &c., are when frostbitten.
a1903 E. French in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 168/1 [Staffordshire] This pear is getting mozy.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 78 Mōsy, mōsey, over-ripe, soft (of apples or pears).
3. regional (chiefly English regional (midlands)). Confused, bewildered; out of sorts; fuddled through drinking alcohol; foolish, stupid.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]
yblenta1225
amazed?c1225
wory?c1225
mingedc1275
willc1300
distracta1340
confounded1362
confuse1362
distraitc1374
whapedc1374
wilsomea1375
poseletc1390
distraught1393
perplexa1425
wildc1440
wiltc1440
dodemusydc1450
mistedc1450
unclearc1475
mazed1493
perplexeda1500
traversablea1500
mazyc1525
entangled1561
muddy?1571
distraughted1572
moidered1587
wondering1592
puzzled1598
plundered1601
distracted1604
uncollected1613
wildered1642
turbid1647
tosticated1650
fuddled1656
pixie-led1659
puzzling1692
bumbazed1720
maffled1820
obfuscated1822
confused1825
muddly1829
mystified1833
maze1842
obfusticatedc1844
head-scratching1849
clueless1862
flustery1862
befogged1868
deurmekaar1871
mosy1887
skewgee1890
buggered-up1893
confusticated1898
smock-ravelled1904
messed-up1913
screwed-up1943
hung up1945
lost1967
gravelled-
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
fou1535
nase?1536
full1554
intoxicate1554
tippled1564
intoxicated1576
pepst1577
overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire My yed's a bit mawzy.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire This puthery weather mays me feil räther mawzy.
1902 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 168/1 [S. Worcestershire] I fils mausy like to-dahy, I rickons as it be the weather.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 152 And that other old mosey lunatic in those duds.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 195/1 Moosy, moozy, not very bright. Befuddle-brained.
4. regional (now chiefly Newfoundland). Of the weather: close, damp, muggy; misty, foggy. Of the moon: concealed by haze, indistinct.
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1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 343 Moozy-faced, mouzy,..(pr. something between moozy and mouzy), Downy-faced... This word is also applied to the moon when it looks thick and hazy.
1898 R. Blakeborough Wit N. Riding Yorks. 418 ‘Moozy meean,’ a hazy moon.
a1903 W. H. Evans in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 168/1 [Berkshire] When the sun has not been hot to-day, it's been sort of muggy and moosy like.
1933 ‘L. Luard’ All Hands 14 Give us another spell o' slipper weather on tide tomorrow... 'Twas moozy outside.
1957 Daily News (St. John's, Newfoundland) 16 Oct. 4/3 Oldtime seal hunters..expressed the opinion that the long, hard winter, the heavy ice and the ‘mauzy’ weather of early March were just right for a bumper season.
1992 B. Morgan Random Passage v. 67 From Sarah she learned..when the day was too mausy or too hot for a good drying, and a hundred other things about curing fish.
B. n.2
regional (now chiefly Irish English). An idiot, a fool.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
dizzyc825
cang?c1225
foolc1225
apec1330
mopc1330
saddle-goosec1346
mis-feelinga1382
foltc1390
mopec1390
fona1400
buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
plume of feathers1530
bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
fopper1598
noddypeak1598
coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
dosser-head1612
dor1616
glow-worm1624
liripipea1625
doodle1629
sop1637
spalt1639
fool's head1650
buffle1655
Jack Adams1656
bufflehead1659
nincompoopc1668
bavian1678
nokes1679
foolanea1681
cod1699
hulver-head1699
nigmenog1699
single ten1699
mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
omadhaun1818
potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 351 Mozie, a moidert-looking person; a being with silly intellects.
1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. at Mawsey You great mawsey.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 10 Dedalus, come down, like a good mosey. Breakfast is ready.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. Mosey, mose, a fool; a ‘soft’ person.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > down
mosiness1538
downc1540
mossiness1625
poil1647
duvet1934
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > softness and downiness or fluffiness
mosiness1538
toziness1727
downiness1797
fluffiness1860
fuzziness1874
flocculency1881
furriness1900
fleeciness1933
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Iulus,..the mosynesse of the outwarde parte of fruites... Iuli, be also the mosynesse or softe heares, whiche do growe on the beardes & visages of yong men, before that they be shauen.
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount iv. f. 78v The fyrst soft heare, or mosynes of the face.
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