leavy

See also: Leavy

English

Adjective

leavy (comparative more leavy, superlative most leavy)

1. Alternative form of leafy.
   • 1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:

     Within the furthest end thereof there was a pleasant Bowre
     So vaulted with the leauie trées the Sunne had there no powre:

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:

     Now neere enough:
     Your leauy Skreenes throw downe,
     And shew like those you are […]

   • 1758, James Macpherson, The Highlander‎^[1], Edinburgh: Canto 2, page 20:

     Thus when devouring hatchet-men invade,
     With sounding steel, the forest’s leavy head,
     The mountains ring with their repeated strokes;

   • 1991, Mary Berry, Mary Berry’s Cookery Course, Piatkus, →ISBN, page 224:

     Put a good bunch of leavy herbs, such as basil, marjoram, dill, tarragon and parsley into the blender or processor and process for a few moments until roughly chopped, then add the butter, garlic and seasoning and continue as above.

   • 1994, Glorious New Zealand Gardens‎^[2], Premier Books, →ISBN:

     While painted rails give you the impression that you are crossing a bridge and winding paths provide coherence to the shade lover’s garden, where white painted ladies shelter in the leavy coolness.

   • 1996, Margaret Thomson Davis, A Kind of Immortality, London: Century, →ISBN, page 192:

     A low road ran off Queen Margaret Drive, where the BBC was situated, and alongside the leavy, tree-lined Botanic Gardens.

   • 1999 May 30, “Fruits and veggies may protect against stroke”, in Regina Sun, page 38, column 2:

     Folic acid is found in grains and certain dark green leavy vegetables.

   • 2004, Anita Bean, The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, 4th edition, Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 61:

     Antioxidant / Folate | Food source / Spinach, broccoli, curly kale, green cabbage and other green leavy vegetables

   • 2009 April 5, Fair Craig Hash, “Ci et Ca Avec Belle”, in The Rayne Acadian-Tribune, 114th year, number 25, Rayne, La., page 9, column 3:

     Homing birds nesting in tall, leavy trees / In splendor performing their rare symphonies.

   • 2019 August 11, Teddy Allen, “It’s not the heat, it’s … wait; it IS the heat!”, in The Times, volume 148, number 257, page 4D, column 4:

     I thought the canna needed sun but they’re rowed up head-high in the shade along the back fence like a tall line of leavy green soldiers.

Derived terms

• leaviness
• leavy greens

Anagrams

• Alvey, Lavey, Leyva, vealy