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

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Etymology

Origin of limy

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

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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

The shore's a flood of puddly mud, And the rocks are limy and slimy— And I've tumbled down with a thud—good lud!—

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various

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 Margaret Warner Morley

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 Douglas Houghton Campbell

Where they occur, they are generally due to the fact that rivers charged with limy matter import such quantities of the substance that it is precipitated on the bottom.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Limerence She says, from the French word limier.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

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