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

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

It is wise to have the dentist examine the teeth once or twice every year and remove a limy substance called tartar collecting at their base.

From Health Lessons Book 1 by Davison, Alvin

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

It does best in rather poor, light soil, especially if limy.

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

Little cups budded off from their parents, but remained attached, and at length the skeletons of all formed great masses of limy rock.

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