thymyadj.
/ˈtʌɪmi/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmi/ 1. Abounding in or overgrown with thyme.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [adjective] > of or having particular labiate plants
thymy1727
thyme-leaved1789
1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxii. 75 Whene'er a thymy bank he [a goat] found, He roll'd upon the fragrant ground.
1827–35 N. P. Willis Florence Gray 3 Upon Hymettus, and the thymy isles.
1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 38 Lingering about the thymy promontories.
2. Pertaining to or of the nature of thyme; esp. having the scent of thyme.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] > smelling of specific things
rosat?c1425
rosetc1450
rosed1559
musked1576
musky1580
rosya1586
myrrhed1591
muskifiedc1600
roseal1601
olibian1605
roseate1611
honeysuckled1640
myrrhate1659
muscatelline1673
myrrhy1686
muskish1706
thymy1746
rose-scented1759
civeted1785
lily-scented1796
ottoed1810
citron-scented1817
camphory1826
camphoraceous1845
tea-scented1845
frankincensed1860
rose-like1866
sagey1871
camphorous1881
osier-odoured1881
lemony1894
lavendery1896
patchoulied1925
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. iii. 37 The thymy Fragrance of the Spring.
1874 J. Brown Lett. (1907) 228 The thymy breath and free air of the braes and hills.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. x. 270 The thymy sweetness of the fell breeze.
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