Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being bosky, or covered with thickets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
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- noun
boscage - noun The state or quality of being
bosky .
Etymologies
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bosky + -ness
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Examples
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The combination of these two exquisite perfumes seemed to make the boskiness more bosky.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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Now, there is a quality in boskiness not inappropriate to romantic thoughts.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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On the Garden-side it is bordered by a shadowy, secluded grove, with winding paths among its boskiness, affording many a peep at the river's imperceptible lapse and tranquil gleam; and on the opposite shore stands the priory-church, with its churchyard full of shrubbery and tombstones.
Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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