lineny

lineny

English

Etymology

linen +‎ -y

Adjective

lineny (comparative more lineny, superlative most lineny)

1. Resembling or characterized by linen.
   • 1885, Alice King Hamilton, One of the Duanes, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 17, pp. 239-240,

     She laid herself upon the bed, regardless of her fluffy tulle and magnolia blossoms, and turned her face against the lineny coolness of the pillow.

   • 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 216,

     Garth sat beside the bed in the middle of the big sunny ward. […] The place was blanched and lineny with an apocalyptic impersonal light and people shaded their eyes and lowered their voices.

   • 1997, Peter Cameron, Andorra, New York: Picador, Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, p. 175,

     I felt the material of her dress against my cheek. And smelt the clean lineny smell of her.

Synonyms

• (resembling linen): linenlike

Anagrams

• Linney, linney