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rimy

[ rahy-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, rim·i·er, rim·i·est.

rimy

/ ˈraɪmɪ /

Origin of rimy¹

before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime ¹, -y ¹

Christmas Day opened with a rimy, hazy morning, and the business thoroughfares were deserted.

It was only yesterday that I last climbed this tree and ate the rich rimy fruit frosted with a Christmas snow.

It was a misty, rimy, clammy morning, and a thick fog was lying over the Channel.

The vision of Elizabeth's earnest face in the rimy dawn came back to him several times during the day.

The teamster arrives with oxen in full steam, and rimy with frozen breath about their indignant nostrils.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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