elmy

English

Etymology

From elm +‎ -y.

Adjective

elmy (comparative more elmy, superlative most elmy)

1. (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...

Anagrams

• Emly, Lyme, lyme, myel-, yelm, ylem

Middle English

Noun

elmy

1. Alternative form of enemy