- bosky
- adjective Etymology: English dialect bosk bush, from Middle English bush, bosk Date: 1593 1. having abundant trees or shrubs 2. of or relating to a woods
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Bosky — Bosk y, a. [Cf. {Bushy}.] 1. Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Caused by boscage. [1913 Webster] Darkened over by long bosky shadows. H. James. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bosky — ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ covered by trees or bushes. ORIGIN from obsolete bosk, variant of BUSH(Cf. ↑bush) … English terms dictionary
bosky — [bäs′kē] adj. [ BOSK + Y3] covered with trees or shrubs; wooded; sylvan … English World dictionary
Bosky — Bushy, woody or full of thickets; the bocage. This landscape of lanes, small woods and high hedges was characteristic of Normandy. [< MdEngl. bosk = a version of bush, thus 20c bosky; Cf. also Fr. boscage = woody] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
bosky — boskiness, n. /bos kee/, adj., boskier, boskiest. 1. covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody. 2. shady. [1585 95; BOSK + Y1] * * * … Universalium
bosky — adjective Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees … Wiktionary
bosky — adj. covered with trees, wooded; full of undergrowth … English contemporary dictionary
bosky — [ bɒski] adjective literary covered by trees or bushes. Origin C16: from ME bosk, var. of bush1 … English new terms dictionary
bosky — a. Shrubby, woody, leafy, bushy, sylvan, shady … New dictionary of synonyms
bosky — bosk•y [[t]ˈbɒs ki[/t]] adj. bosk•i•er, bosk•i•est 1) covered with bushes and small trees; woody 2) shady • Etymology: 1585–95 bosk′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
