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pulpy

adj

Etymology

From pulp + -y.

  1. derived from pulpa
  2. inherited from pulpe
  3. suffixed as pulpy — “pulp + y”

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of pulp.

    • the pulpy texture of overripe fruit

  2. Having the characteristics of pulp fiction

    Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence.

    • a pulpy TV thriller
    • In a sly bit of casting, Tony Goldwyn — a star of the pulpy TV series “Scandal” — shows up as one of the leaders of the Christmas Adventurers Club..

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Derived

pulpily, pulpiness, pulpy kidney

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pulpy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA