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About Bosky
This word is rooted in the Middle English variants "bosk," "busk," and "bush," all meaning "shrub." The sense of "uncultivated country" is probably directly from the Dutch "bos."
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"Bosk," a Middle English variant meaning "shrub," disappeared until it popped up again in the early 17th century when it was used as the root for "bosky." "Bosk" reappeared as a noun in the 19th century with the expanded definition of "a small wooded area." The words are most often used in a literary sense, and not in everyday speech.
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