Thursday December 25, 2003
bosky
\BAHSS-kee\ (adjective) - 1 : Having abundant trees or shrubs 2 : Of or relating
to a woods
"As Beau drove away from the city, apartment buildings and
neon signs gave way to homes with yards, then at last to a bosky landscape
dominated by tall pines."
"Bosk," "busk," "bush"-in Middle English these
were all variant spellings of a word meaning "shrub." "Bush" is still familiar
to the modern ear, and "busk" can still be heard in a few places in the dialects
of northern Britain. "Bosk" too survived in English dialects, although it
disappeared from the written language, and in the 16th century it provided the
root for the woodsy adjective "bosky." Since its formation, "bosky" has been
firmly rooted in our language, and its widespread popularity seems to have
resurrected its parental form. By 1814 "bosk" (also spelled "bosque") had
reappeared in writing, but this time with the meaning "a small wooded
area."
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