Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: bloomy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).

adj

Full of blooms; flowering.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"a bloomy garden"

Etymology

By surface analysis, bloom + -y. Cognate with Dutch bloemig, German blumig, Swedish blommig.

Inflected Forms

more bloomy (comparative) most bloomy (superlative)

Derived Forms

bloominess

Rhymes With

gloomy roomy roomie doomy boomy cumae rheumy zoomy spumy fumy broomy womby

Questions

What does bloomy mean?: Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).
Where does bloomy come from?: By surface analysis, bloom + -y. Cognate with Dutch bloemig, German blumig, Swedish blommig.

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