thymy

[ tahy-mee; spelling pronunciation thahy-mee ]

adjective

, thym·i·er, thym·i·est.

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

   a thymy fragrance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thymy¹

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

Example Sentences

"The happy land of Narnia—Narnia of the heathery mountains and the thymy downs, Narnia of the many rivers, the plashing glens, the mossy caverns and the deep forests ringing with the hammers of the Dwarfs. Oh the sweet air of Narnia! An hour's life there is better than a thousand years in Calormen."

From Literature

Leaving the cluster of three or four farms that formed the land-ward part of Llanyglo, they had turned through a gateless gap in a thymy earth-wall, and all save Mrs. Garden and Minetta had descended.

From Project Gutenberg

Others gathered round them by the gap in the thymy earth-wall, and John raised his voice on high.

From Project Gutenberg

When all was completed Fidunia, turning to Domenichino, pleaded with him to convey what remained of her devoted servant to the little thymy knoll beneath the olive trees, and there within easy reach of her convent walls, to lay to rest the still beautiful form of the faithful Fido.

From Project Gutenberg

The rosemary and marjoram root themselves in every cleft, and a thousand other herbs growing rank along the mountain-side catch every breeze that blows and fill the air, especially in the morning when the shadows are still wet and the day has not yet grown languorous, with thymy fragrances blown out of every hollow and ravine.

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