limy

American  

[lahy-mee] / ˈlaɪ mi /

adjective

limier, limiest

1. consisting of, containing, or like lime.

2. smeared with birdlime.

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limy ¹ British  

/ ˈlaɪmɪ /

adjective

1. of, like, or smeared with birdlime

2. containing or characterized by the presence of lime

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limy ² British  

/ ˈlaɪmɪ /

adjective

1. of or tasting of lime (the fruit)

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Other Word Forms

• liminess
  noun

Etymology

Origin of limy

First recorded in 1545–55; lime ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

limy limier

Beneath six inches of limy earth, one of Bellante's men struck a marble fragment shaped like the calf of a human leg, about twice lifesize.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the lower end of the egg-duct there is secreted a limy liquid which covers the shell-less egg and hardens, making the shell.

From The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young by Morley, Margaret Warner

Even when you get inside there is a new smell—a limy odour—to greet you in the passage, but in the kitchen itself all is order and neatness.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

Here the rocks run down in their limy whiteness sheer to the sea, with chateaux and churches on impossible peaks, backed by tremendous stern giants.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by Wilson, S. J.

The whole plant is harsh to the touch and brittle,  owing to the limy coating.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

Limerence She says, from the French word limier.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander