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Etymology

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From lime +‎ -y.

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limy (comparative limier, superlative limiest)

  1. containing or resembling lime
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 6:
      Limy muds accumulated there as sediments, and entombed the remains of the animals living on the sea-floor.

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