SYRUPY

honeyed, honied, syrupy

(adjective) with honey added

cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly

(adjective) overly sweet

syrupy, viscous

(adjective) having a relatively high resistance to flow

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

syrupy (comparative syrupier, superlative syrupiest)

Having the taste or consistency of syrup.

Overly sweet.

(figuratively) Overly sentimental.

Source: Wiktionary


Sir"up*y, Syr"up*y, a.

Definition: Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. Mortimer.

Syr"up, n., Syr"up*y, a. Etym: [See Sirup.]

Definition: Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 January 2025

TAD

(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference; “a tad too expensive”; “not a tad of difference”; “the new model is a shade better than the old one”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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