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 Dorothy Una Ratcliffe
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
Swept clean of smuts and chimney-stacks Each roof becomes a blooming garden, And there, reclining on its backs, All day the jocund public slacks As in the thymy glades of Arden.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
The golden bees are silent on the thymy Hymettus; and the knelling horn of Aurora’s love no more shall scatter away the cold twilight on the top of Hymettus.
From Intentions by Oscar Wilde
Others gathered round them by the gap in the thymy earth-wall, and John raised his voice on high.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
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