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malmy

malmy adjective: resembling or characteristic of malm.

Adjective

malmy (comparative more malmy, superlative most malmy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of malm.
    • It becomes what is here called a clay soil; in other counties, a malmy one.1809, Arthur Young, View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire, page 9
    • The tough malmy clay at the bottom of the hill comes very nearly down to the right side of the road here; […]1836, Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne, with Its Antiquities, page xii

Forms of malmy

comparativemore malmy
superlativemost malmy

Origin of malmy

From malm + -y.

Questions about malmy

What does malmy mean?
Malmy means resembling or characteristic of malm.
What part of speech is malmy?
Malmy is an adjective.

Words near malmy in the dictionary

  1. malmseys
  2. malmstone
  3. malmstones
  4. Malmstrom
  5. Malmstroms
  6. malmy
  7. Malmö
  8. Malnad
  9. Malnar
  10. Malnars
  11. malnormal

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