RIMY (rimier, rimiest)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: rimier    , rimiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rimy mean? 

• RIMY (adjective)
  The adjective RIMY has 1 sense:

1. covered with frost

  Familiarity information: RIMY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIMY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with frost

Synonyms:

frosty; rimed; rimy

Context example:

hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost

Similar:

cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

 Context examples 

I smell the fog that hung about the place; I see the hoar frost, ghostly, through it; I feel my rimy hair fall clammy on my cheek; I look along the dim perspective of the schoolroom, with a sputtering candle here and there to light up the foggy morning, and the breath of the boys wreathing and smoking in the raw cold as they blow upon their fingers, and tap their feet upon the floor.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)