lamby

English

Etymology

From lamb +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmi

Adjective

lamby (comparative lambier or more lamby, superlative lambiest or most lamby)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
   • 1994, Shirley Humphrey, Eric Mussen, Small farm handbook, page 104:

     We try to avoid a lamby or "woolly" flavor.

   • 2007 May 6, “Eastward Ho”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The resulting sausages, incorporated into various dishes or grilled on their own, are plump torpedoes of lamby goodness, aggressively and expertly spiced.

   • 2002, Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must've Been Something I Ate, unnumbered page:

     Méchoui is like a foretaste of paradise, the tenderest and most delicious meat surrounded by the crispest, lambiest skin imaginable.

   • 2003, David Rosengarten, It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics, unnumbered page:

     And not just lamb; we're talkin' mutton, old lamb, which has an even deeper, lambier flavor.

   • 2009, Virginia Ironside, The Virginia Monologues: Why Growing Old is Great, unnumbered page:

     When I arrived at the house, crying, 'And how are you, my lambiest lamb?' he'd be about to reply, telling me how exhausted he felt from being up all night winding my grandson, when he discovered that I had zoomed past him to speak to the baby.

Noun

lamby (plural lambies)

1. Alternative form of lambie
   • 2009, Patricia McClaflin, Reflections of a Wyoming Shepherd on the 23rd Psalm, unnumbered page:

     With a big heavy bucket full of bottles of warm milk, she would call out, “Here, lamby, lamby, lamby.”

   • 2011, Betty LeMaster, Princess Flats and Reservations, page 198:

     "It's a lamby, Callie! A little baby lamby."

   • 2012, Andy Holmes, My First Devotional, page 67:

     Now, if you're thinking being a shepherd means sitting around playing a harp and saying things like, “Here, lamby,” you are mistaken.

Anagrams

• balmy