primrosy

English

Etymology

primrose +‎ -y

Adjective

primrosy (comparative more primrosy, superlative most primrosy)

  1. Having primroses growing.
    • Charles Darwin, correspondence
      […] there were 8 or 10 plants growing in a group (some very small), but no primrose or cowslips anywhere near (tho in a primrosy wood).
    • 1921, Sunset Magazine (volume 47, page 41)
      I wonder sometimes just how sweet and primrosy the paths of the Elysian fields will have to be to win Miss Swinton's unqualified approval.
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