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lawny

UK/ˈlɔːni/

lawny adjective: made of lawn or fine linen.

Adjective

lawny (not comparable)

  1. Made of lawn or fine linen.
    • When a plum'd fanne may shade thy chalked face, / And lawny strips thy naked bosome grace.1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC
    • 'Tis like a Lawnie-Firmament as yet / Quite diſpoſſeſt of either fray, or fret.1648, Robert Herrick, “To the Fever, Not to Trouble Julia”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas]...
  2. Having or resembling a grass lawn.
    • Musing through the lawny park.1777, Thomas Warton, The First of April

Origin of lawny

From lawn + -y.

Words that rhyme with lawny

Questions about lawny

What does lawny mean?
Lawny means made of lawn or fine linen.
What part of speech is lawny?
Lawny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lawny?
Lawny is pronounced /ˈlɔːni/ (UK).

Words near lawny in the dictionary

  1. lawnscaping
  2. lawnsful
  3. Lawnswood
  4. lawnweed
  5. lawnweeds
  6. lawny
  7. lawperson
  8. Lawrance
  9. Lawrances
  10. Lawrence
  11. Lawrence County

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