Bosk
/bɒsk/noun
A small wood or thicket of trees or shrubs.
Did you know?Bosk is an old poetic word that likely comes from a Germanic source related to bushy growth, and it survives today mostly in literary English, where woods often feel enchanted or forbidden.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*busk-
“bush, thicket, or dense growth”
Middle English
English
bosk
“a bush, shrub, or thicket”
15th–16th Century
English
bosk
“a small wood or wooded thicket”
Modern English
English
bosk
“a small wood or thicket”