palmy

UK /ˈpɑːmi/ US /ˈpɑːmi/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.

From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strand, Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error’s chain.

2

Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.

Elliston was, in his day, the Napoleon of Drury Lane; but, like the conqueror at Austerlitz, he suffered his declensions, and the Surrey became to him a Saint Helena. However, once an eagle always an eagle; and Robert William was no less aquiline in the day of adversity than in his palmy time of patent prosperity.

“It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.”

3

Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.

Your note

not saved
0 chars