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syrupy

adj
/ˈsɪr.ə.pi/

Etymology

From syrup + -y.

  1. derived from شَرَاب
  2. derived from siruppus
  3. derived from sirop
  4. inherited from sirup
  5. formed as syrupy — “syrup + -y”

Definitions

  1. Having the taste or consistency of syrup.

  2. With syrup.

    • Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?
    • Cherry dropped into a chair and stared with lip-curling distate at the platter of sausages and their syrupy pancakes on the plates about her.
    • Beth stabs her fork into a mound of syrupy waffles.

  3. Overly sweet.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Overly sentimental.

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Derived

syrupily, syrupiness

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