blosmy
English edit
Noun edit
blosmy
- (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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old English blōstmig, equivalent to blosme + -y.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blosmy (rare)
- 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 edit
- English: blossomy (possibly)
References edit
- “blosmy, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.