thymy

American  

[tahy-mee, thahy-mee] / ˈtaɪ mi, ˈθaɪ mi /

adjective

thymier, thymiest

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of thyme.

   a thymy fragrance.

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Etymology

Origin of thymy

First recorded in 1720–30; thyme + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I remembered that; but I remembered, too, how white and round Jane's chin had looked as it pressed against the thymy turf of the cliff where we lay above the sea.

From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

It owed some rent for the premises it occupies on the thymy banks of the odorous Liffey.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Other dogs in thymy dew Track'd the hares, and follow'd through Sunny moor or meadow; This dog only crept and crept Next a languid cheek that slept, Sharing in the shadow.

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

By thymy slopes, foot-deep in sward they roved, Both lightly garrulous, and she, sweet child, Fusing her whole attention into joy, Until they stood before the lake, that gleamed With water-lilies, sun, and moving cloud.

From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry

I watched them disappear in a sort of moving frieze between the thymy turf and the hot, blue sky.

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver