Home › Words › M › mossinessmossinessmossiness means the state or condition of being mossy.EtymologyFrom mossy + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being mossy.e.g.“Common Moss, very common and running wild about old cabins, attaining new heights of bush, greater bloom, and marvelous mossiness when in the right location […]” — 1935, Ethelyn Emery Keays, Old roses:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mossy 73% match — Covered in or overgrown with moss. vs mossiness →moldiness 72% match — The state or degree of being moldy. vs mossiness →mossed 70% match — Covered in moss. vs mossiness →enmossed 68% match — Covered with moss. vs mossiness →mushiness 66% match — The characteristic of being mushy. vs mossiness →mustiness 65% match — The characteristic of being musty. vs mossiness →moistness 63% match — The property of being moist. vs mossiness →marishness 63% match — The quality of being marish, or marshy. vs mossiness →