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).
   • 2007 May 2, Florence Fabricant, “Lacking Alps, Goats Settle in Westchester”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Full of blooms; flowering.

   a bloomy garden

Derived terms

• bloominess