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单词 mossed
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mossedadj.

Brit. /mɒst/, U.S. /mɔst/, /mɑst/
Forms: 1700s– mossed, 1800s– mozed (English regional (northern)).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moss n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < moss n.1 + -ed suffix2.
Covered over, or overgrown, with moss.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > covered in or overgrown with moss
moss-grownc1390
moss-begrown?a1425
mossy1561
fogged1743
mossed1744
sphagnose1818
sphagnous1845
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > overgrown with moss
moss-grownc1390
mossy1548
mossed1744
1744 Shakespeare's Timon of Athens iv. vi, in T. Hanmer Wks. Shakespear V. 58 These moss'd [1623 moyst] trees.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Claribel ii At noon the wild bee hummeth About the moss'd headstone.
1876 M. Oliphant Curate in Charge (ed. 5) I. x. 240 Wild old gardens and mossed apple-trees.
1939 M. Whitaker And so did I viii. 77 The sun shines again on our mossed green walks.
1998 A. Thorpe Pieces of Light (1999) iii. 143 They've stuffed a bungalow into the orchard, but a few of the trees are still up one end, all mossed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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