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nap·py1       [nap-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun Chiefly Scot.
liquor, esp. ale.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME noppi. See nap2, -y1]
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nap·py2       [nap-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pies.
a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
Also, nappie.

[Origin: 1870–75, Americanism; nap (ME; OE hnæp bowl) + -y2]
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nap·py3       [nap-ee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, -pi·er, -pi·est.
1.covered with nap; downy.
2.(of hair) kinky.
[Origin: 1490–1500; nap2 + -y1]

—Related forms
nap·pi·ness, noun
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nap·py4       [nap-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pies. Chiefly British.
a diaper.
[Origin: 1925–30; nap(kin) + -y2]
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nap·py 1       (nāp'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est
  1. Having a nap; fuzzy: a nappy carpet.
  2. Often Offensive Tightly curled or coiled. Used of hair.

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nap·py 2       (nāp'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. nap·pies
A round, shallow cooking or serving dish with a flat bottom and sloping sides.


[Probably from dialectal nap, bowl, from Middle English, from Old English hnæp.]

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nap·py 3       (nāp'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. nap·pies Chiefly British
A diaper.


[Alteration of napkin.]

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nappy  (adj.)
"downy," 1499, from nap (n.). Meaning "fuzzy, kinky," used in colloquial or derogatory ref. to the hair of black people, is from 1950.

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nappy

adjective
1. (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp] 

noun
1. garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement [syn: diaper] 

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Nappy

Nap"py\, a. [From 1st Nap.]

1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.

2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale. [Obs.] --Wyatt.

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Nappy

Nap"py\, a. [From 3d Nap.] Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. --Holland.

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Nappy

Nap"py\, n.; pl. Nappies. [OE. nap, AS. hn[ae]p cup, bowl. See Hanaper.] A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides. [Written also nappie.]

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