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English
Etymology
From elm + -y.
Adjective
elmy (comparative more elmy, superlative most elmy)
- (rare, poetic) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
1842, Knickerbocker:The appearance is such that I might compare it to that of the checkered moonlight admitted through an elmy overarching grove...
1918, Austin Clarke, The vengeance of Fionn:Strange faint hushes / Rose slowly round him / And an elmy breeze / Sighed as waters of day / Far away.
2001, Marguerite Van Die, Religion and public life in Canada: historical and comparative perspectives:Here amidst an elmy dale arose an imposing Gothic pile...
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Middle English
Noun
elmy
- Alternative form of enemy