blosmy

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English

Noun

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

Blosmy cherie bowes

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɔsmiː/

Adjective

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

English: blossomy (possibly)

References

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

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