[ adj ] very lively and profitable <adj.all> flourishing businessesa palmy time for stockbrokers a prosperous new business doing a roaring trade a thriving tourist center did a thriving business in orchids
Palmy \Palm"y\, a. 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.
Those palmy days are over.
These are troubled times for the 1,134 U.S. citizens still working in the zone and living with their families along the palmy fringes of the canal.