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Definition of Beamy
1. Adjective. Broad in the beam. "A beamy cargo ship"
2. Adjective. Radiating or as if radiating light. "A refulgent sunset"
Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Beam, Effulgence, Radiance, Radiancy, Radiate, Radiate, Radiate, Refulgence, Refulgency
Definition of Beamy
1. a. Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
Definition of Beamy
1. Adjective. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Having horns or antlers. ¹
3. Adjective. (nautical) Having much beam or breadth; wide. ¹
4. Adjective. Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining. ¹
5. Adjective. (figuratively) Radiant; beamsome; joyous; gladsome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beamy
1. beaming [adj BEAMIER, BEAMIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beamy
Literary usage of Beamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... Hunting, 53. beam, see beme. beamy, beam-like, massive. Dryden, Palamon, iii.
480 ; tr. of Aeneid, ..."
2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1807)
"Lo ! from thy beamy quiver fall Arrowy points, that pierce the ground, And light
the glow-worm's twinkling lump ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... And vast Mandinga* shews its numerous bays; Whose mountains' sides, though
parch'd and barren, In copious store, the seeds of beamy gold. ..."
4. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"appearance of the ladies not only cut short the wordy encounter of the gentlemen,
but the smiles and beamy looks of the wives suddenly lighted up the faces ..."
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