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Definition of Lemony

1. Adjective. Tasting sour like a lemon.

Definition of Lemony

1. Adjective. Being lemon-like, especially in terms of taste. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to lemons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lemony

1. lemon [adj] - See also: lemon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemony

Literary usage of Lemony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne (2006)
"Later, they explored Animorphs and lemony Snicket. ... Natalie reads and rereads Harry Potter and lemony Snicket because, "you know, you miss stuff the ..."

2. New Reports of Cases Argued and Determined, in the Court of Common Pleas by John Bernard Bosanquet, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Christopher Puller (1808)
"... was paid over by the faid Thomas Harvey to the fsid William lemony to the ufe and behoof of the faid William Lemon^ that the delay which took place ..."

3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"It must be clear and pure ; not lemony or dirty, or mottled through the cheese, but a rich shade of cream that gives a pleasing effect to the eye, ..."

4. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"Of course, during lemony, there was considerable enunciation of names and interchanging cf the complimentary and conventional phrases that are customary on ..."

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