Definition of Primrosy

1. coloured like a primrose [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primrosy

primp
primped
primper
primpers
primping
primpingly
primps
primrose
primrose family
primrose jasmine
primrose paths
primrosed
primroselike
primroses
primrosy (current term)
prims
primsie
primsier
primsiest
primula
primulaceous
primulas
primulin
primum mobile
primus
primuses
primy
primæval

Literary usage of Primrosy

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

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1834)
"primrosy odours, violet-mingled, float O'er blue-bells and ground ivy, on their wings Bearing the music of the blackbird's note ; Beneath the dewy cloud, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"... may be trusted) such an affluence of the one or such a duration of the other. primrosy is the epithet which this year will retain in my recollection ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Primrosy on Dictionary.com!Search for Primrosy on Thesaurus.com!Search for Primrosy on Google!Search for Primrosy on Wikipedia!

Search