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DRIPPINESS

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drip·py   (drĭp'ē)   
adj.   drip·pi·er, drip·pi·est

  1. Characterized by dripping; drizzly: a drippy, wet day.

  2. Slang

    1. Tiresome or annoying.

    2. Mawkishly sentimental: a drippy love scene.

drip'pi·ly adv., drip'pi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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drippiness

noun
1. the physical property of being soft and drippy 
2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way [syn: mawkishness] 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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