rimy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rimy
before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime 1, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Of sailing, the weathers of the winter sea, the fishing itself, physical action and hardship, he gives a rimy, brilliant account.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the well-known smell of the rimy vegetables was to the adventuresome Jane an almost irresistible call to the open.
From Jane Lends A Hand by Watkins, Shirley
It was a rimy October morning, and the sun rising slowly above the shadowy aspens in the graveyard, shone dimly through the transparent silver veil that hung over the landscape.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
The brink of the cliff, the brave, eager face and love-lit eyes, the swaying grass bents, now rimy with misty scud, all danced before his vision.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
The vision of Elizabeth's earnest face in the rimy dawn came back to him several times during the day.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
"I don't care who the man is, 'tis the rimiest morning we've had this fall."
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
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