Meaning
Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm (“glue”), German Leim (“glue”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lim (“glue”), Faroese and Icelandic lím (“glue”), Latin limus (“mud”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 25 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-08MEILTUV
- 2026-07-02MEGILNT
- 2026-06-02LDEIMNW
- 2026-05-14IBMKELO
- 2026-01-13MEYTLIN
- 2025-10-17LBEIMOZ
- 2025-09-27LCYNMIE
- 2025-07-10LEPMINT
- 2025-07-03LEUMITV
- 2025-02-09MALFEIN
- 2025-01-23EOBMKIL
- 2024-09-15MDLGEIN
+13 earlier appearances in the archive.