lineny

English

Etymology

linen + -y

Adjective

lineny (comparative more lineny, superlative most lineny)

  1. Resembling or characterized by linen.
    • 1885, Alice King Hamilton, One of the Duanes, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 17, pp. 239-240,
      She laid herself upon the bed, regardless of her fluffy tulle and magnolia blossoms, and turned her face against the lineny coolness of the pillow.
    • 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 216,
      Garth sat beside the bed in the middle of the big sunny ward. [] The place was blanched and lineny with an apocalyptic impersonal light and people shaded their eyes and lowered their voices.
    • 1997, Peter Cameron, Andorra, New York: Picador, Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, p. 175,
      I felt the material of her dress against my cheek. And smelt the clean lineny smell of her.

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