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thymey

thymey adjective: resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.

Adjective

thymey (comparative thymier, superlative thymiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.
    • All of us have read, no doubt, of the honey of Mount Hybla, of which the thymey flavour has been so much extolled by the ancient poets […]1886 January 1, “Bee-Keeping in New Zealand”, in The Bee-Keepers' Record, volume IV, London: Houlston & Sons, page 10
  2. Covered with or abounding in thyme.
    • What time the mighty moon was gathering light
      Love paced the thymy plots of Paradise,
      And all about him roll'd his lustrous eyes;1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Love and Death
    • Once in the wind of morning
      I ranged the thymy wold;
      The world-wide air was azure
      And all the brooks ran gold.1896, Alfred Edward Housman, “The Merry Guide”, in A Shropshire Lad

Synonyms of thymey

Forms of thymey

comparativethymier
superlativethymiest
alternative formthymy

Origin of thymey

From thyme + -y.

Questions about thymey

What does thymey mean?
Thymey means resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.
What part of speech is thymey?
Thymey is an adjective.

Words near thymey in the dictionary

  1. thymeleatoxin
  2. thymelike
  3. thymene
  4. thymenes
  5. thymes
  6. thymey
  7. thymi
  8. thymic
  9. thymically
  10. thymidine
  11. thymidineless

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