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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bosky
 
SYLLABICATION:bosk·y
PRONUNCIATION:  bsk
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: bosk·i·er, bosk·i·est
1. Having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees: “a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza” (Jack Beatty). 2. Of or relating to woods.
ETYMOLOGY:From Middle English bosk, bush, from Medieval Latin bosca, of Germanic origin.
OTHER FORMS:boski·nessNOUN
 
 
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