palmy

[pah-mee]

adjective

palmier, palmiest 

1. glorious, prosperous, or flourishing.

   the palmy days of yesteryear.

   Synonyms: rosy, halcyon, bounteous

2. abounding in or shaded with palms.

   palmy islands.

3. palmlike.

palmy

/ ˈpɑːmɪ /

adjective

1. prosperous, flourishing, or luxurious

   a palmy life

2. covered with, relating to, or resembling palms

   a palmy beach

Word History and Origins

Origin of palmy¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; palm ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Our palmy years began way before Hollywood and the enormous hillside onetime real estate sign of that name.

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Displaced Parvati heads back to the palmy beach village of her youth, Prabha and Anu tagging along with her things.

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In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.

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The hair is performance art, a palmier one day, a Medusa nest of towering curls the next.

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In the century that followed, Mr. Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.

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• comfortable 
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• robust 
• wealthy 
• well-heeled 
• well-off 
• well-to-do