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PALMIER
PALMY
booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Borrowed from the French word palmier for this pastry, ellipsis of feuille de palmier "palm tree leaf", the original name of this pastry.
Noun
palmier (plural palmiers)
A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
Anagrams
• Palmeri, impaler, impearl, lempira, premail, premial
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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