Palmy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɑːmi/

Origin

From palm + -y.

Full definition of palmy

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. 15th-19th c.
2. Of, related to, or covered with palm trees. from 16th c.
3. Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving. from 17th c.
• 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 46:‘It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.’
• 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 48:So, all things being equal, from the beginning of my stay with Travis, I was in as palmy and benign a state as I could remember in many years.

Anagrams

• amply
• maply