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

Cultivation.—Hyssop succeeds best in rather warm, limy soil.

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

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)

It has special adaptation for being grown on calcareous or limy soils.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

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 Rogers, Julia Ellen

Limerence She says, from the French word limier.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander