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primrosy, a.|ˈprɪmrəʊzɪ|
[f. primrose n. + -y.]
a. Abounding in or characterized by primroses; resembling a primrose, primrose-coloured.
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 47 (Copse) Primrosy is the epithet which this year will retain in my recollection. 1880J. Hatton Three Recruits iii. vi, April surely used to be a gayer, brighter, and more primrosy month..than it is now. 1882Marg. Veley Damocles III. 39 A trifle pale... Almost primrosy, isn't it?
b. (With capital initial.) humorous. Of, pertaining to, or having the character of the Primrose League.
1890Daily News 9 Sept. 6/5 Salvation will no more come to him by class legislation than it has reached him by doles ecclesiastical or Primrosy. 1904Sat. Rev. 16 July 66 The meeting was distinctly Primrosey in its enthusiasm and adornments.
c. fig. (Cf. primrose path s.v. primrose n. (a.) 7.)
1908E. V. Lucas Over Bemerton's xx. 202 His duty always lies along the primrosiest path. |