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primrosy en · ADJ

Etymology

From primrose + -y.

Meanings

1. Having primroses growing.
   • c. April-May 1865, Lucy Caroline Wedgwood, letter to Charles Darwin […] there were 8 or 10 plants growing in a group (some very small), but no primrose or cowslips anywhere near (tho in a primrosy wood).
   • I wonder sometimes just how sweet and primrosy the paths of the Elysian fields will have to be to win Miss Swinton's unqualified approval. 1921, Sunset Magazine, volume 47, page 41:

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