bosk·y /ˈbäskē / adjective literary = wooded; covered by trees or bushes. Example: "I made my way across the bosky campus of the University of Pittsburgh."
My 2002 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition) has this definition:
- having abundant trees or shrubs.
- of or relating to a woods.
Background: I was reading page 69 of Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt and came across the words in the campus example I used in the title. I very rarely come across a word that I've never seen or heard before. After all, I've been reading since the mid-1940's. So I was surprised and wondered, "What's a bosky campus?" The illustration above shows an example of "having abundant trees or shrubs."
(I'm also fascinated by the coincidence that the illustration says "bosky" was the word of the day on July 9, 2017. It's also my word for July 9, 2025, exactly eight years later.)
Professor Pigeon has even more to say about the word. Look at all those synonyms: shady, shadowy, shaded, leafy, brushy, dim, sheltered, screened, verdant, dark.