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Definition of Balminess
1. Noun. The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing. "The climate had the softness of the south of France"
Definition of Balminess
1. Noun. The characteristic of being balmy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balminess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balminess
Literary usage of Balminess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... to their own use, they noticed the extreme balminess of the atmosphere, the
gorgeous Italian sunsets, and the superior quality of the climate. ..."
2. The Life and Labours of Saint Thomas of Aquin by Roger Bede Vaughan, Jerome Vaughan (1890)
"Its position, its resources, its healthiness, the balminess of its air, its
traditions—which ran back to Charlemagne and Alcuin ..."
3. The deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper (1841)
"... any part of this native scene, which lay bathed in the sun-light, a glorious
picture of affluent forest- grandeur, softened by the balminess of June, ..."
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