syrupy

English edit

Alternative forms edit

sirupy (obsolete)

Etymology edit

syrup +‎ -y

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
enPR: sĭrʹə-pē
Rhymes: -ɪrəpi
Hyphenation US: syr‧u‧py, UK: syr‧up‧y

Adjective edit

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 edit

Translations edit

having the taste or consistency or syrup

Catalan: xaropós
Finnish: siirappinen, siirappimainen
French: siropeux (fr)
Galician: almibrado (gl)
German: sirupartig
Hungarian: szirupos (hu)
Italian: sciropposo (it)
Welsh: trioglyd (cy)

overly sweet

Finnish: äitelä (fi), siirappinen
Greek: βαρύς γλυκός (varýs glykós)
Ingrian: änkkelä

overly sentimental

Finnish: siirappinen, äitelä (fi), imelä (fi)
Hungarian: szirupos (hu)
Spanish: meloso, empalagoso (es), almibarado (es), dulzón (es), cursi (es)

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French: ^{(please verify)} siropeux (fr)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 甘ったるい (ja) (あまったるい, amattarui)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sliskig (sv)