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limy

4.6

Tasting or smelling like a small green sour fruit used in cooking

adjective
/ˈlaɪmi/

: cítrico

The pie had a limy flavor that made it taste fresh and tangy.

Examples

She added a limy zest to the drink for extra brightness.
The air was filled with a limy aroma after slicing the fruit.
The dessert had a limy flavor that surprised everyone.
This drink tastes quite limy and refreshing!
The pie had a limy flavor that made it taste fresh and tangy.
She added a limy zest to the drink for extra brightness.
The air was filled with a limy aroma after slicing the fruit.

Synonyms

tangy

vslimy

15 3.6

A strong, pleasantly sour taste like lemon

is a fruit flavor rather than general sharpness or acidity

lemony

vslimy

4 2.5

Having the fresh sour taste or smell of a lemon

is the flavor of a small green sour fruit rather than a yellow one

lemon-scented

vslimy

1 1.2

Having the smell of lemon

is a taste and smell quality not only an aroma

citrusy

vslimy

1 3.7

Having a fresh, sharp taste or smell like a lemon

is the specific flavor of a small green sour fruit

lemonlike

vslimy

2.9

Having the sour, fresh taste, smell, or look of a lemon

is the small green sour fruit flavor not an appearance match

How Citrusy

limy

4.6

tangy

15 3.6

zesty

4 4.2

citrusy

1 3.7

fruity

27 2.7

Surface Forms

limy positive

Morphology

limy = lime (transparent) = lime + y

Derived from the noun 'lime' (fruit sense) with the adjectival suffix '-y', producing a predictable meaning 'having the qualities of lime (fruit)'.

Etymology

Limy also comes from the fruit lime, the small green citrus, so limy means 'like lime' in taste or smell, meaning fresh and sour or citrus-like.