palmy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: palmy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for palmy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palmy adj very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" Synonym(s): booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palmy \Palm"y\, a. 1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. --Pope. His golden sands and palmy wine. --Goldsmith. 2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. In the most high and palmy state of Rome. --Shak.