thymy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thymy
Example Sentences
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They chose ——The green retreats Of Academus, and the thymy vale, Where, oft inchanted with Socratic sounds, Ilyssus pure devolv'd his tuneful stream In gentle murmurs.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
I watched them disappear in a sort of moving frieze between the thymy turf and the hot, blue sky.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver
The reason of that ancient repute is found in the downs in whose lap the place is situated; those thymy downs that afforded such splendid pasturage for sheep.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
She saw Miss Charlecote a few yards off, nearly on all-fours in the thymy grass.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Will any one tell me whether the heathy flora of the moors, or the thymy flora of the chalk downs, were the earlier inhabitants of these isles?
From Health and Education by Kingsley, Charles
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