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 plants will flourish in almost any well-drained soil, but seem to prefer light loams of a limy nature.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains

The rocks that contain it crumble because the limy portions have been dissolved out.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers

The limy soil holds more water and the clayey an amazing quantity.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

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 Gordon Stables

Limerence She says, from the French word limier.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

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