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
Adjective
palmy (comparative palmier, superlative palmiest)
(obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. [15th-19th c.]
Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees. [from 16th c.]
Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
• amply, maply
Source: Wiktionary
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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