bloomy

[ bloo-mee ]

/ ˈblu mi /

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adjective, bloom·i·er, bloom·i·est.

covered with blossoms; in full flower.

Botany. having a bloom, as fruit.

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Origin of bloomy

First recorded in 1585–95; bloom¹ + -y¹

Words nearby bloomy

Bloomington, Bloomsburg, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsday, bloomy, bloop, blooper, Bloor, blootered, bloquiste

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How to use bloomy in a sentence

There are blueberries growing abundantly among the rocks—huge clusters of them, bloomy and luscious as the grapes of Eshcol.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke
Her eyes wandered to the bloomy-purple of the line of mountains back of them.
Under the Law|Edwina Stanton Babcock
He swung the basket to his shoulder, and the sun, flashing upon its contents, turned the bloomy globes into dull rubies.
The Goose Girl|Harold MacGrath
It seems to me yesterday his cheeks were bloomy all the while, and now he is as pale as wood-ashes.
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays|William B. Yeats

She lingered over him for long, peering at him through the dusk to miss nothing of his bloomy brownness.
The Judge|Rebecca West

British Dictionary definitions for bloomy

bloomy

/ (ˈbluːmɪ) /

adjective bloomier or bloomiest

having a fine whitish coating on the surface, such as on the rind of a cheese

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