mossful

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word mossful. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word mossful, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say mossful in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word mossful you have here. The definition of the word mossful will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmossful, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From moss +‎ -ful.

Adjective

mossful (comparative more mossful, superlative most mossful)

  1. (rare, chiefly poetic) Full of or covered by moss; abundantly mossy.
    • 1864, David Masson, Macmillan's Magazine, page 159:
      Elder boughs were budding yet,
      Oaken boughs looked wintry still,
      But primrose and veined violet
      In the mossful turf were set, []
    • 1872, Roden Noel, The Red Flag: And Other Poems, page 229:
      And delicate foliage made a shadowy thin
      Lacework suspended in aerial blue
      Silvery twilight, over where they two,
      Muffled in mossful secrecy, []
    • 2018, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Today is an especially mossful day.

Anagrams