rimy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rimy
before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime 1, -y 1
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Of sailing, the weathers of the winter sea, the fishing itself, physical action and hardship, he gives a rimy, brilliant account.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasionally as I cleared a space for a peephole through the rimy panes, I caught momentary glimpses of a level, treeless earth, desolate as the polar ocean swept by ferocious elemental warfare.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
Yes, he seemed dreadfully ill, hardly able to stand, in fact; for presently he sank down into the rimy grass in a half-faint.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
It was only yesterday that I last climbed this tree and ate the rich rimy fruit frosted with a Christmas snow.
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Margaret Ashmun
She had not seen Reddin's rimy shoulders, nor the cold glitter of the tombs.
From Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb
"I don't care who the man is, 'tis the rimiest morning we've had this fall."
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
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