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 Cornelius Tacitus
She pranks A brawling stream with thymy banks; In Fancy's realm This post sustains no lamp—aloof It spreads above her parents' roof A gracious elm.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson
Other dogs in thymy dew Track'd the hares, and follow'd through Sunny moor or meadow; This dog only crept and crept Next a languid cheek that slept, Sharing in the shadow.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
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 Charles Kingsley
Smell the rain-sweet, thymy earth, Feel the wonder of rebirth!
From The Dales of Arcady by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe
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