bloomy

[ bloo-mee ]

/ ˈblu mi /

adjective, bloom·i·er, bloom·i·est.

covered with blossoms; in full flower.

Botany. having a bloom, as fruit.

Nearby words

bloomington, bloomsburg, bloomsbury, bloomsbury group, bloomsday, bloomy, bloop, blooper, bloor, bloor, ella reeve, blootered

Origin of bloomy

First recorded in 1585–95; bloom¹ + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for bloomy

The grouse are by us undisturbed in their bloomy mountain covert.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 21, 1841|Various
She had brought to Mother Binning a basket heaped with bloomy plums.
Foes|Mary Johnston
She lingered over him for long, peering at him through the dusk to miss nothing of his bloomy brownness.
The Judge|Rebecca West
Looked on the orchard, a bloomy sea, with its billows of blossoms.
Poems|William D. Howells

The entire plain is covered with wild fennel, six to eight feet in height, and literally blazing with its bloomy yellow tops.
The Lands of the Saracen|Bayard Taylor

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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