rimy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rimy
before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime 1, -y 1
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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
One bitter cold morning, long before the first light of day began to filter through the rimy atmosphere, we heard the crunch of feet pass our door, and a komatik slipped by.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
Stella kneels down on the gray rimy grass beside the grave and kisses fervently the hard frozen ground.
From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip
All the panes Are rich with rimy fret.
From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
The wind died away, and the trees stood as if turned into bronze, moveless, save when a small branch gave way and dropped its rimy burden, or a squirrel leaped from one top to another.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Garland, Hamlin
"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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