bosky

[ bos-kee ]

adjective

, bosk·i·er, bosk·i·est.

1. covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody.
2. shady.

bosky

/ ˈbɒskɪ /

adjective

1. literary.
   containing or consisting of bushes or thickets

   a bosky wood

Other Words From

• boski·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosky¹

First recorded in 1585–95; bosk + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Concerns are particularly strong in regions of Chile's far north - which has seen high levels of immigration - and in the bosky southern provinces of places like La Araucania, now in a state of emergency due to clashes between the state and Mapuche indigenous groups demanding the return of ancestral lands.

From Reuters

Linked by a foreground stream that appears to continue from one canvas into the next and by the background swell of a bosky hill, his two Diana paintings depict a combined total of 19 humans and four dogs in the flickering, shadow-dappled glades around the goddess’s sacred spring.

From Washington Post

From the coastal Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Lin brought to Manhattan 49 full-grown Atlantic white cedars, each around 40 feet tall, and planted them together at the center of a bosky Madison Square Park.

From New York Times

In the picture’s lower half, breasts, hair and nipple fold and swell in a bosky zone of shadow-casting shapes.

From Washington Post

We’re with the author, banging down bosky mental paths.

From New York Times

Related Words

• fresh
• grassy
• leafy
• lush
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