broomy

[ broo-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, broom·i·er, broom·i·est.

Origin of broomy¹

First recorded in 1640–50; broom + -y ¹

No man of forty-five masquerade as a quarter of a century younger in this broomy, thymy air?

Therefore, bathing our feet in beauty, we went bounding over the flowery fields and broomy braes to the grove-girdled Craig-Hall.

And from the door one can see the green fields and broomy knowes where Maisie and I had played so long.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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