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bosky

[ bos-kee ]

/ ˈbɒs ki /

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adjective, bosk·i·er, bosk·i·est.

covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody.

shady.

Origin of bosky

First recorded in 1585–95; bosk + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bosky

bosk·i·ness, noun

Words nearby bosky

bosker, bosket, boskop, boskop man, boskopoid, bosky, bosman ruling, bosnia, bosnia and herzegovina, bosnia-herzegovina, bosnian

Example sentences from the Web for bosky

Our plates and glasses (there were many of the latter) peeped at us from a bower of roses, and bosky dells of greenery.

My Friend the Chauffeur |C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
But Mr. Bosky kept his nerves well strung and his countenance steady, and let Uncle Timothy go on supposing.

Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Daniel
To saving a bosky old toff from two footpads, and drivin' 'im 'ome (two miles) two-and-a-tanner!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, November 2nd, 1895 |Various
He summoned his old hardihood and advanced over the still, bosky side of the mountain.

Mountain Blood |Joseph Hergesheimer

A thrush, somewhere hidden in that dim, bosky depth, of a sudden burst into a throb of song.

Rich Man, Poor Man |Maximilian Foster

British Dictionary definitions for bosky

bosky

/ (ˈbɒskɪ) /

adjective boskier or boskiest

literary containing or consisting of bushes or thickets a bosky wood