sunrisy

adj

sunrisy

adj

Etymology From sunrise + -y.

1

Informal Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a sunrise.

  • June 6 is a good day for a birthday — I remember in my youth how sunrisy it used to feel, with the roses just breaking, and gooseberry fool available for dinner! It is just that dayspring that makes Paradise — there's no other joy comparable to it, […]1942, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Lady Margaret Edina Duckworth Newbolt, The Later Life and Letters of Sir Henry Newbolt
  • Out at the old schoolhouse-church, bright and sunrisy the following morning, the sparks began to fly.1962, Clay Fisher, The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico:
1 more example
  • And she can use them correctly, even if creatively, for example, "The sky is all sunrisey," or "Let's swarm the money into the bag."2002, Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education

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