lineny
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editlineny (comparative more lineny, superlative most lineny)
- Resembling or characterized by linen.
- 1885, Alice King Hamilton, chapter 17, in One of the Duanes, Philadelphia: Lippincott, pages 239–240:
- She laid herself upon the bed, regardless of her fluffy tulle and magnolia blossoms, and turned her face against the lineny coolness of the pillow.
- 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man[1], New York: Viking, page 216:
- Garth sat beside the bed in the middle of the big sunny ward. […] The place was blanched and lineny with an apocalyptic impersonal light and people shaded their eyes and lowered their voices.
- 1997, Peter Cameron, Andorra[2], New York: Picador, Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, p. 175:
- I felt the material of her dress against my cheek. And smelt the clean lineny smell of her.
Synonyms
edit- (resembling linen): linenlike