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primrosy

primrosy adjective: having primroses growing.

Adjective

primrosy (comparative more primrosy, superlative most primrosy)

  1. Having primroses growing.
    • c. April-May 1865, Lucy Caroline Wedgwood, letter to Charles Darwin
      […] there were 8 or 10 plants growing in a group (some very small), but no primrose or cowslips anywhere near (tho in a primrosy wood).
    • I wonder sometimes just how sweet and primrosy the paths of the Elysian fields will have to be to win Miss Swinton's unqualified approval.1921, Sunset Magazine, volume 47, page 41

Forms of primrosy

comparativemore primrosy
superlativemost primrosy
alternative formprimrosey

Origin of primrosy

From primrose + -y.

Questions about primrosy

What does primrosy mean?
Primrosy means having primroses growing.
What part of speech is primrosy?
Primrosy is an adjective.

Words near primrosy in the dictionary

  1. primrosed
  2. primroselike
  3. primroses
  4. primrosey
  5. primrosing
  6. primrosy
  7. prims
  8. primsy
  9. primula
  10. primulaceous
  11. primulas

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