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.

Origin of thymy

1
First recorded in 1720–30; thyme + -y1

Words Nearby thymy

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How to use thymy in a sentence

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

    Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions
  • It owed some rent for the premises it occupies on the thymy banks of the odorous Liffey.

    Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • No man of forty-five masquerade as a quarter of a century younger in this broomy, thymy air?

    The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions
  • First we see Saskia and Alexis walking on the thymy sward of the cliff-top, looking out to the fretted blue of the sea.

    Huntingtower | John Buchan
  • She saw Miss Charlecote a few yards off, nearly on all-fours in the thymy grass.

    Hopes and Fears | Charlotte M. Yonge