mossy
UK: ˈmɒsi | US: ˈmɔːsi
adj. covered with or resembling moss
adj. (figuratively) old-fashioned or antiquated
The word "mossy" derives from the noun "moss," which traces back to Old English mos (meaning "bog, marsh, or moss"), itself from Proto-Germanic musą. The suffix "-y" (from Old English -ig) is a productive adjectival suffix meaning "full of" or "resembling." Thus, "mossy" literally means "covered with moss" or "like moss," later extended metaphorically to describe things perceived as old or unchanging, akin to the slow growth of moss.
The ancient stone wall was mossy and damp after years of neglect.
Her grandmother's attic was filled with mossy-green trunks from the 1920s.
The forest floor felt soft and mossy underfoot.
His ideas seemed mossy and out of touch with modern science.
We rested on a mossy rock by the stream.