syrupy
English
Alternative forms
- sirupy (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - enPR: sĭrʹə-pē
- Rhymes: -ɪrəpi
- Hyphenation US: syr‧u‧py, UK: syr‧up‧y
Adjective
syrupy (comparative syrupier, superlative syrupiest)
- Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
- With syrup.
- Synonym: syruped
- 1919 December, The Griswold Mfg. Co., “Winter days arouse the waffle appetite!”, in Edward W[illiam] Bok, editor, The Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 174:
- Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?
- 1926 December 21, Anne Austin, “Saint and Sinner”, in Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis., page eight, column 4:
- 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.
- 2008, Siobhan Vivian, A Little Friendly Advice, New York, N.Y.: PUSH/Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 209:
- Beth stabs her fork into a mound of syrupy waffles.
- Overly sweet.
- (figuratively) Overly sentimental.
Related terms
Translations
having the taste or consistency or syrup
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overly sentimental
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