mossgrown

English

Etymology

From moss +‎ grown.

Adjective

mossgrown (comparative more mossgrown, superlative most mossgrown)

  1. Alternative form of moss-grown
    • 1895, Sophie F[rancis] F[ane] Veitch, “A Lost Hat”, in A Modern Crusader, London: Adam & Charles Black, →OCLC, page 72:
      Immediately beyond the bridge, on the right-hand side of the road, a rusty iron gate, between solid but mouldy stone pillars, surmounted with mossgrown stone balls, imparted an air of yet lingering importance to what had once been a well-kept walled garden, [...]
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