Lyme

See also: lyme

English

Etymology

All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.

Proper noun

Lyme

1. A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
2. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
3. A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.
4. Synonym of Forest of Lyme, mainly in Staffordshire, England

Derived terms

• Forest of Lyme
• Lyme Bay
• Lyme disease
• Lyme Regis
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Old Lyme

Noun

Lyme (uncountable)

1. (informal) Lyme disease.
   • 2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal‎, archived from the original on 10 April 2021:

     Statewide there was a 16 percent increase in Lyme cases from 7,543 in 2016 to 8,720 last year.

Anagrams

• Emly, elmy, myel-, yelm, ylem