elmy

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adjective

Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.

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Meanings

adjectiveelmy (comparative more elmy, superlative most elmy)

comparative more elmy · superlative most elmy

  1. poeticrarePertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.

    Here amidst an elmy dale arose an imposing Gothic pile...

    2001, Marguerite Van Die, Religion and public life in Canada: historical and comparative perspectives
    2 more examples

    The appearance is such that I might compare it to that of the checkered moonlight admitted through an elmy overarching grove...

    1842, Knickerbocker

    Strange faint hushes / Rose slowly round him / And an elmy breeze / Sighed as waters of day / Far away.

    1918, Austin Clarke, The vengeance of Fionn

Origin

From elm + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lymeyelmylemEmly
Cite this entry
APA

elmy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elmy

MLA

“elmy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elmy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elmy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elmy.

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