thymy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thymy
Example Sentences
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Smell the rain-sweet, thymy earth, Feel the wonder of rebirth!
From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una
Life of the woods, life of the rivers, life of the trees, Life of the rich plain-grasses that seed to the morning breeze, And the thymy mountain-grasses June makes loud with bees.
From Poems of London and Other Verses by Presland, John
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
Or, when we eat of the fragrant honey, we do not quarrel with the thymy bees because they have blended for us the sweets of Hybla.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy 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 De Vere, Aubrey
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