different between lemony vs citruslike
lemony
English
Etymology
From lemon +? -y.
Adjective
lemony (comparative lemonier, superlative lemoniest)
- Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
- The walls were painted a lemony yellow colour.
- We were served a lemony cheesecake for dessert.
- 1884, George Manville Fenn, The Rosery Folk, London: Chapman & Hall, Volume I, Chapter 2, pp. 17-18,[1]
- […] she guided the spirited little pair along the dusty road, and then in between the long stretches of fir-wood, whence came delicious warm breathings of that lemony aromatic scent of the growing pines brought forth by the mid-day sun.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 23, p. 144,[2]
- My class was wearing butter-yellow piqué dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice. Her dark fingers ducked in and out of the lemony cloth as she embroidered raised daisies around the hem.
- 2012, Joanne Fluke, Cinnamon Roll Murder, New York: Kensington, Chapter Fourteen, p. 142,[3]
- “This is the lemoniest cake I’ve ever tasted!” Delores exclaimed, and Hannah could tell that her very proper mother was dangerously close to smacking her lips in appreciation.
- Of or pertaining to lemons. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- lemoniness
Anagrams
- Melony, melony, myelon
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citruslike
English
Etymology
citrus +? -like
Adjective
citruslike (comparative more citruslike, superlative most citruslike)
- Resembling a citrus fruit or some aspect of one.
Synonyms
- citrusy
Hyponyms
- lemony
- limey
- orangey
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