blosmy

English

Noun

blosmy

1. (poetic) Alternative form of blossomy
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 232:

     And gaily now me seems serene earth wears
     The blosmy spring’s star-bright investiture,
     A vision which aught sad from sadness might allure.

Middle English

Blosmy cherie bowes

Etymology

From Old English blōstmig, equivalent to blosme +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔsmiː/

Adjective

blosmy (rare)

1. Covered with or full of blossoms; blossomy.
   • 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Clerk-Merchant Link; Merchant's Tale, End-link”, in Canterbury Tales:

     Blosmy tree nys neither drye ne deed.

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Descendants

• English: blossomy (possibly)

References

• “blosmy, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.