palmy
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- 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”Synonyms: boomingflourishingprosperingprosperousroaringthriving
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Palmy \Palm"y\, a.
1.Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
His golden sands and palmy wine.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]
2.Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. [1913 Webster]
In the most high and palmy state of Rome.— Shak.[1913 Webster]