rimy

[ rahy-mee ]

adjective

, rim·i·er, rim·i·est.

1. covered with rime.

rimy

/ ˈraɪmɪ /

adjective

1. coated with rime

Word History and Origins

Origin of rimy¹

before 1000; Old English hrīmig (not recorded in ME). See rime ¹, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Microsoft’s Rimy Alaily, a corporate vice president for competition and market regulation, also said the company looks forward to cooperating with the FTC and defended such partnerships as “promoting competition and accelerating innovation.”

From Seattle Times

It was a rimy morning, and very damp.

From Literature

Pallid pedestrians shuffle along rimy pavements hoping that the next chunk of snow to shear off a tenement roof doesn’t have their name on it.

From Time

And, dear Margaret, the rimy trees were now all like pyramids of golden filagree, and lace, cobweb fine, in the red firelight.

From Project Gutenberg

Farewell to rising early, now comes the lying late, And long on the parade-ground my company shall wait Before I come to join it on mornings cold and dark And no more shall I lead it across the rimy park.

From Project Gutenberg

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