单词 | mossed |
释义 | mossedadj. Covered over, or overgrown, with moss. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1744 |
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