Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mosey
Participle: moseyed
Gerund: moseying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mosey |
| you | mosey |
| he;she;it | moseys |
| we | mosey |
| you | mosey |
| they | mosey |
Perfect
| I | have moseyed |
| you | have moseyed |
| he;she;it | has moseyed |
| we | have moseyed |
| you | have moseyed |
| they | have moseyed |
Past
| I | moseyed |
| you | moseyed |
| he;she;it | moseyed |
| we | moseyed |
| you | moseyed |
| they | moseyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had moseyed |
| you | had moseyed |
| he;she;it | had moseyed |
| we | had moseyed |
| you | had moseyed |
| they | had moseyed |
Future
| I | will mosey |
| you | will mosey |
| he;she;it | will mosey |
| we | will mosey |
| you | will mosey |
| they | will mosey |
Future Perfect
| I | will have moseyed |
| you | will have moseyed |
| he;she;it | will have moseyed |
| we | will have moseyed |
| you | will have moseyed |
| they | will have moseyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mosey |
| you | mosey |
| he;she;it | mosey |
| we | mosey |
| you | mosey |
| they | mosey |
Perfect
| I | have moseyed |
| you | have moseyed |
| he;she;it | have moseyed |
| we | have moseyed |
| you | have moseyed |
| they | have moseyed |
Imperfect
| I | moseyed |
| you | moseyed |
| he;she;it | moseyed |
| we | moseyed |
| you | moseyed |
| they | moseyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had moseyed |
| you | had moseyed |
| he;she;it | had moseyed |
| we | had moseyed |
| you | had moseyed |
| they | had moseyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mosey |
| you | would mosey |
| he;she;it | would mosey |
| we | would mosey |
| you | would mosey |
| they | would mosey |
Perfect
| I | would have moseyed |
| you | would have moseyed |
| he;she;it | would have moseyed |
| we | would have moseyed |
| you | would have moseyed |
| they | would have moseyed |
Imperative
| you | mosey |
| we | Let's mosey |
| you | mosey |
Verbs conjugated like 'mosey'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mosey'
money,
mosy,
bogey,
bose,
cooey,
cose,
cosen,
cosy,
covey,
dose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include:
2. * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose)
3. * British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”)
4. * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”))
5. * proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led
Sample Sentences
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Haven't got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors. [1910, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “chapter 1”, in Kilmeny of the Orchard:]
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We'll mosey along toward the river. Kinder take it easy an' drift the herd down slow so as to let the cattle put on flesh. [1919, William MacLeod Raine, “chapter 6”, in A Man Four-Square:]
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“Was he runnin‘?”
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“No, he’s just moseyin‘ along, so slow you can’t hardly tell it. He’s comin’ this way.” [1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:]