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flamy

[ fley-mee ]

adjective

, flam·i·er, flam·i·est.
  1. of or like flame.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flamy1

First recorded in 1485–95; flame + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Only the flamy ladies' slippers seemed appropriate to the miles of heat that flickered against the landscape.

The thin candle guttered, the fire was no longer flamy but red.

At the last, shaken by the light breeze that sprung up, little flamy darts from the oak whirled into the grave with her.

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