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elmy

elmy adjective: pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.

Adjective

elmy (comparative more elmy, superlative most elmy)

  1. (poetic, rare) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
    • The appearance is such that I might compare it to that of the checkered moonlight admitted through an elmy overarching grove...1842, Knickerbocker
    • Strange faint hushes / Rose slowly round him / And an elmy breeze / Sighed as waters of day / Far away.1918, Austin Clarke, The vengeance of Fionn

Forms of elmy

comparativemore elmy
superlativemost elmy

Origin of elmy

From elm + -y.

Questions about elmy

What does elmy mean?
Elmy means pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
What part of speech is elmy?
Elmy is an adjective.

Words near elmy in the dictionary

  1. elmustine
  2. elmwood
  3. Elmwood Park
  4. Elmwood Place
  5. elmwoods
  6. elmy
  7. Elmyra
  8. ELN
  9. Elnath
  10. Elnaugh
  11. elne

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