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thymy

American  
[tahy-mee, thahy-mee] / ˈtaɪ mi, ˈθaɪ mi /

adjective

thymier, thymiest
  1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of thyme.

    a thymy fragrance.


Etymology

Origin of thymy

First recorded in 1720–30; thyme + -y 1


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Then he threw himself on the thymy grass and tasted liberty.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

The thymy air then blew in at the casements of the many inns of Southwark, and the views thence extended over fields and meadows where countless chimneys now pollute the sky.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper

IX Other dogs in thymy dew Tracked the hares, and followed through Sunny moor or meadow: This dog only crept and crept Next a languid cheek that slept, Sharing in the shadow.

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various

They tilled a sterile soil;Beneath their hands it blossomed like the rose:O’er thymy hollows blew the nectared airs;Blue ocean flashed through olives. 

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by Aubrey De Vere

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 Charlotte Mary Yonge

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