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Palmy vs Paly - What's the difference?

palmy | paly |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between palmy and paly

is that palmy is (obsolete) made out of palm leaves or palm sap while paly is (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.

As adjectives the difference between palmy and paly

is that palmy is (obsolete) made out of palm leaves or palm sap while paly is (heraldry) vertically striped or paly can be (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.

palmy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
  • Of, related to, or covered with palm trees.
  • Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 46:
  • *:‘It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.’
  • * 1967 , (William Styron), The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, p. 48:
  • *:So, all things being equal, from the beginning of my stay with Travis, I was in as palmy and benign a state as I could remember in many years.

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    paly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (etyl) . See (pale) a stake.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) vertically striped

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pale; lacking colour
  • * 1593 , , III. ii. 141:
    • Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips / With twenty thousand kisses,
    (Whittier)