moss-grown
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moss-grown
- /ˈmɒsɡɹəʊn/ UK
- /ˈmɔsˌɡɹoʊn/ US
Where it comes from
From moss + grown. Sense 2 (“old; old-fashioned, out of date”) refers to the fact that moss will often grow on an object that has remained outdoors in one place for some time.
adjective more moss-grown · most moss-grown · mossgrown
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Having a covering of growing moss.
Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn t
Similar: mossy
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Old; old-fashioned, out of date.
To find one's self suddenly translated from the wild, flowery prairie into the heart of an aged, moss-grown village, of such foreign aspect, withal, was by no means easy to reconcile with one's notions of reality.
Similar: antiquated, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern, gamol
Translations
Talk about this word "moss-grown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moss-grown. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. moss-grown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moss-grown "moss-grown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moss-grown.Cite this
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title = {moss-grown},
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