# cremey
## English
### Alternative forms

* creme-y

### Etymology

From creme +‎ -y.

### Adjective

cremey (comparative more cremey, superlative most cremey)
* Containing or resembling creme.
** 1946 February 25, “Louis Philippe”, in Life, page 20, column 1:Lipstick, creme base of satin sheen and incredible clinging power. 9 luscious shades. Rouge, creme or dry, to match. Cake make-up with the creme-y base that protects as it beautifies.
** 1962, Baker’s Digest, section “New All-Weather Pastry Filling”, page 92, column 1:Year round use of custard-like fillings and toppings is possible with the development of “Rich ’n Cremey” pastry filling — a no-egg, no-milk, dry mix product developed by Ph. Orth Co.
** 1966 March 4, “Word game from each NABISCO cookie name?”, in Life, section “Dance for Oreo Creme Sandwich”, page 47:Words come easy for America’s favorite cookie. How about dance? You’ll dance for joy when you taste the crisp, chocolate-y wafers. You’ll dance some more for all that smooth, creme-y luscious filling.
** 1966 November 18, “Let’s have a show of hands for chocolatey Nabisco cookies”, in Life, page 46:Two layers of crisp wafers and creme-y filling inside.
** 1967 November 3, “Nabisco likes to pour it on thick”, in Life, page 7:Super-delicious goodness over nabisco Creme Wafer Sticks (two crisp wafers, with creme-y filling) and nabisco Fancy Grahams (crunchy grahams inside).
** 1983 February 16, “Sunshine Introduces the Creme of Their Crop”, in The Alabama Journal, number 33, Montgomery, Ala., page 3:With New Sunshine Cremers, the cremey middle is only half the story. We’ve sandwiched the cremey centers between two of our delicious Chocolate or Peanut Butter or Cinnamon Graham Cookies.
** 1986, Bakery Production and Marketing, page 73, column 1:Cremey, chocolately, the great taste of Hydrox really stands out. Sunshine, where taste is everything.
** 1996, MC: The Manufacturing Confectioner, page 98:Cremey Filling
** 1996 January 22, The Times-News, number 22, Twin Falls, Ida., page D-3, column 1:So Cremey! / Light or dark chocolate / Butter cremes / Raspberry / Lemon ~ Orange ~ Lime / Vanilla ~ Mint / $6.30 lb
** 1998 December 2, “Santastic Savings!”, in The Daily Sentinel, volume 106, number 13, Grand Junction, Colo., page 7, column 2:Hershey’s Pot of Gold Cameo Angels / 8 Molded White Cameos in Cremey Solid Milk Chocolate / 5.6 OUNCES
** 1999 August 29, Merl Reagle, ““Advanced Placement Test”: Merl Reagle’s Crossword”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXI, number 241, Hartford, Conn., section “Down”, page 5, column 1:Cremey snacks [solution: “OREOS”]
** 2002 April 24, Karen Vibert-Kennedy, “Sometimes hard to find, but it goes down easy”, in The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., page C 7, column 4:But even though John’s terrific service is reason enough to make a person love Little Debbie right there, it’s the ooey, gooey, sweet, molasses-y, oaty, oily, creamy — er, I mean creme-y (Little Debbie doesn’t even pretend there’s any cream in its creme) — characteristics of the pie itself that wedge that sucker under your skin. […] Creme-y goodness: Inside the Little Debbie soft oatmeal cookie, there’s a distinctive — non-dairy — goopy white center.
** 2005 June 29, “Food Tip”, in Newsday, New York, N.Y., page B17, column 1:A very crème-y ice cream
** 2018, James Frey, Katerina, Simon & Schuster:I love crème brûlée, though this isn’t any better than the crème brûlée I can get in America. And it’s too burned on top, the crème isn’t crèmey enough.
** 2019, Micol Ostow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Slay Like a Girl: Ditch the Demons and Be Your Own Hero, Running Press:You once spent all your allowance on a new crème rinse that was neither crème-y nor rinse-y, which was an unfortunate life lesson.
* (rare) Creme-colored.
** 1996 April 19, “All Day Specials Saturday 8 A.M. - 11 P.M.”, in Billings Gazette, number 352, Billings, Mont., section “Ladies’”, page 6A, column 6:WEST 31ST / LEATHER OXFORD […] HUSH PUPPIES / ANGEL II & ANGEL MID […] SELECT LIFE / STRIDE PUMPS […] MOOTSIES TOOTSIES / CHICAGO & CREMEY […] BASS “CHRISSIE” / OXFORD […] ESPRIT / “COLORADO” CASUAL […] WEST 31ST “ELOISE” / SKIMMER
** 1996 September 5, “Classified”, in Albuquerque Journal, number 248, Albuquerque, N.M., section 1196 (Furniture), page C6, column 9:RECLINER sofa Lazy Boy cremey Leather
** 1997 May 23, “Classifieds”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., section 438 (Musical Instruments), subsection “Rock City Music: Memorial Weekend Specials; Now Open Sundays 12-5), page C12, column 4:Gibson Electrics Used / 80 LP Custom, cremey white, $999 / 79 LP Standard, tab/sunburst, $999 / 79 LP Custom, cremey, NICE $1299
** 1998 May 27, “Classified”, in The Daily News, volume 156, number 47, Galveston, Tex., section 601 (Pets & Supplies), subsection “Cats”, page B10, column 6:CLEOPATRA- 1 1/2 year old female cremey orange and white with short hair who had kittens recently but wants you to pick her so she won’t litter again.

### Anagrams

* creyme