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rimy

rimy adjective: coated in rime.

Adjective

rimy (comparative rimier, superlative rimiest)

  1. Coated in rime.
    • It was a rimy morning, and very damp.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 31

Forms of rimy

comparativerimier
superlativerimiest

Origin of rimy

From rime + -y.

Words formed from rimy

Words that rhyme with rimy

Questions about rimy

What does rimy mean?
Rimy means coated in rime.
What part of speech is rimy?
Rimy is an adjective.

Words near rimy in the dictionary

  1. rimur
  2. rimurapa
  3. rimus
  4. rimworld
  5. rimworlds
  6. rimy
  7. rin
  8. Rin Tin Tin
  9. Rin-Tin-Tin
  10. Rina
  11. Rinaldi

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