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

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 Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)

These eggs are about the size of those of a goose, and are covered with a limy shell.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

It is one of the many Labiatæ found wild in limy situations along the Mediterranean coast.

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

The two species grow side by side in the Alps, and the one under notice is one of the few species that will grow in a limy soil.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

Limerence She says, from the French word limier.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander