palmy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   prosperous, flourishing, successful, or triumphant, especially in the phrase palmy days

   She often recalled the theater's palmy days, when every performance sold out.

2. 2
   adj

   abounding in palm trees or made from palm leaves or sap

   The travelers rested on a palmy shore shaded by tall trees.

From palm + -y. The figurative sense comes from the palm branch as an ancient emblem of victory and triumph, so palmy days are a period of flourishing success; the literal sense simply describes a place rich in palms.

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