maple syrupy

See also: maple-syrupy

English

Adjective

maple syrupy (comparative more maple syrupy, superlative most maple syrupy)

1. Alternative form of maple-syrupy.
   1. With maple syrup.
      • 2007, Raymond P. Berberian, “Retro Summers”, in Margaret Lorine, Sansing McPherson, Norma Van Amberg, editors, Hilton Head Island: Unpacked & Staying: A Lowcountry Anthology by the Island Writers’ Network, Charlotte, N.C.: Catawba Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 137–138:

        There was something indescribable when a nearly starving kid tasted that first slice of maple syrupy pancake.

      • 2017, RaeAnne Thayne, Sugar Pine Trail, Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Large Print, by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A., →ISBN, pages 190–191:

        When she opened it, she had to blink several times, disoriented as the unmistakable scent of bacon and maple syrupy pancakes drifted to her.

      • 2019, Anna Katz, “Chinese Delights in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada”, in Easy Weekend Getaways from Seattle: Short Breaks in the Pacific Northwest (Countryman Weekenders), The Countryman Press, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, part one (Foodie Getaways):

        Celebrate Canada Day—or, as they like to say in Steveston Village, “Canada’s Biggest Little Birthday Party since 1945”—as the Canadians do, with a maple syrupy pancake breakfast, parade, and festivities.

   2. Resembling or characteristic of maple syrup.
      • 2011, Age Lavelle, Spring Fling 2: Deception (A SmartStreetSwag Novel), Toledo, Oh.: Ageless Publishing, →ISBN, page 24:

        While our food was prepared for appetizers we were given some cornbread and man I tell you that cornbread was delicious. It had like a maple syrupy taste to it and it was nice and thick too.

      • 2016, Arnold Logan, Springtime in Lawrence Park, Toronto, Ont.: Fire and Ash Publishers, →ISBN, page 170:

        The maple syrupy smell that bacon inexplicably has when cooked on an open fire stimulated her taste buds.

      • 2017, Carol Goodman, The Widow’s House, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 89:

        For a moment I thought I did, a scent so heady and sweet it made me dizzy. I had to put my head down on the table to steady myself. When the scent was replaced by the maple syrupy smell of old paper, I opened my eyes.

      • 2021, Geetika Khanna Bhattacharya, Concise Pathology for Exam Preparation, 4th edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 324, column 2:

        Normal urine has a faint aromatic odour. Aberrations in odour include the following: […] Maple syrupy odour in maple syrup urine disease.