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語源

From syrup +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
• enPR: sĭrʹə-pē
• 韻: -ɪrəpi
• ハイフネーション 米国発音: syr‧u‧py, 英国発音: syr‧up‧y

形容詞

syrupy (comparative syrupier, superlative syrupiest)

1. Having the taste or consistency of syrup.

   Synonym: treacly

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.

   Synonyms: saccharine, sickly sweet, sugary; see also Thesaurus:sweet

4. (figuratively) Overly sentimental.

   Synonyms: kitschy, twee, saccharine, treacly; see also Thesaurus:mawkish

派生語

関連する語

• cough-syrupy
• maple-syrupy