limey
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
Definition of limey
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
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adj
- Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
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Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).
“This drink is full of limey goodness.”
noun
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(Australia, New-Zealand, US, ethnic, slang, slur)An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.
“Ya look like anything ’cept a tourist who’s come to lose his wad and they get a bad case of nose trouble. Take yaself. Anyone can see ya’re a Limey even before ya start talking.”
- (dated, derogatory, slang)An English or British ship.
- (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of limey (“an Englishman or other Briton”).
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Etymology
In adjectival senses, by surface analysis, lime + -y. In the sense of Englishman, reduced from the 19th century term lime-juicer (“a British ship”), from the lime juice British ships carried to ward off scurvy.
Words you can make from limey
19 playable · top: ELMY (9 pts)
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