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▪ I. grovy, a.|ˈgrəʊvɪ|
Also 6–7 grovie, 9 grovey.
[f. grove + -y.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grove; abounding in groves; situated in a grove.
1594Willobie Avisa (1880) 24 Old Asues grandame is restor'd; Her grouie Caues are new refin'd. 1606J. Raynolds Dolarney's Prim. (1880) 61 Where Philomele, the weary time beguiles, In grouie shades. 1620–55I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 60 See where Diana's grovy Temple stands. Ibid., Vitruvius calls her grovy [L. nemorensis] Diana. 1699W. Dampier Voy. (1729) II. i. 45 In the dry Season these grovy dwellings are very pleasant. 1834J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXV. 17 One grovey wilderness of..trees. 1890Century Mag. Aug. 488/2 The eye ranges far up over the green grovy floor between the mighty walls.
▪ II. grovy
obs. form of gravy. |