bloomy

bloomy

English

Etymology

From bloom +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːmi

Adjective

bloomy (comparative more bloomy, superlative most bloomy)

  1. Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).
    • 1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 22, lines 148–151:
      There young Telemachus, his bloomy face / Glovving cæleſtial-ſvveet vvith godlike grace, / Amid the Circle ſhines: but hope and fear / (Painful viciſſitude!) his boſom tear.
      A figurative use.
    • 2007 May 2, Florence Fabricant, “Lacking Alps, goats settle in Westchester”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Ms. Schwartz, above, a former management consultant who studied the craft in France, makes several delicately tangy cheeses, including an ash-coated pyramid, a soft herb-flecked one and another with a tender, bloomy rind.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
  2. Full of blooms; flowering.
    a bloomy garden

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