rimy

rime ¹  (rm)

n.

1. A coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed when extremely cold water droplets freeze almost instantly on a cold surface.

2. A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty film: "A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs" (James Fallows).

tr.v. rimed, rim·ing, rimes

To cover with or as if with frost or ice: "heavy [shoes] rimed with mud and cement ... from the building site" (Seamus Deane).

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[Middle English rim, from Old English hrm.]

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rimy adj.

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rime ²  (rm)

n. & v.

Variant of rhyme.

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rimy [ˈraɪmɪ]

adj rimier, rimiest

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) coated with rime

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rimy - covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner rimed, frosty cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"