palmy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very lively and profitable
    booming; prosperous; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
    • 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

WordNet

Palm"y adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913