Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thymey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thymey
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.

adj

Covered with or abounding in thyme.

Example Sentences

"All of us have read, no doubt, of the honey of Mount Hybla, of which the thymey flavour has been so much extolled by the ancient poets […]"
"What time the mighty moon was gathering light Love paced the thymy plots of Paradise, And all about him roll'd his lustrous eyes;"
"Once in the wind of morning I ranged the thymy wold; The world-wide air was azure And all the brooks ran gold."
"The happy land of Narnia—Narnia of the heathery mountains and the thymy downs […]"

Etymology

From thyme + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thyme

Inflected Forms

thymier (comparative) thymiest (superlative) thymy (alternative)

Synonyms

thymelike

Questions

What does thymey mean?: Resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.
Where does thymey come from?: From thyme + -y.

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