syrupy

English

Alternative forms

• sirupy (obsolete)

Etymology

syrup +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/

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• enPR: sĭrʹə-pē
• Rhymes: -ɪrəpi
• Hyphenation US: syr‧u‧py, UK: syr‧up‧y

Adjective

syrupy (comparative syrupier, superlative syrupiest)

1. Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
2. 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.

3. Overly sweet.
4. (figuratively) Overly sentimental.

Related terms

• cough-syrupy
• maple-syrupy

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