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drip⋅py

[drip-ee]
–adjective -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet.
2. tending to be rainy, wet, or drizzly: a hot, drippy country; drippy weather.
3. Slang. revoltingly sentimental; mawkish: another drippy love story.

Origin:
1810–20; drip + -y 1
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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.
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