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nappy

[nap-ee] Origin

nap·py

1[nap-ee]
noun Chiefly Scot.
liquor, especially ale.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English noppi. See nap2, -y1

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Nappy is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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nap·py

2[nap-ee]
noun, plural nap·pies.
a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
Also, nap·pie.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; nap (Middle English; Old English hnæp bowl) + -y2

nap·py

3[nap-ee]
adjective, nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est.
1.
covered with nap; downy.
2.
(of hair) kinky.

Origin:
1490–1500; nap2 + -y1

nap·pi·ness, noun

nap·py

4[nap-ee]
noun, plural nap·pies. Chiefly British.
a diaper.

Origin:
1925–30; nap(kin) + -y2
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nappy1 (ˈnæpɪ)
 
n , pl -pies
(Brit) Also called: napkin, US and Canadian name: diaper a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its urine and excrement
 
[C20: changed from napkin]

nappy2 (ˈnæpɪ)
 
adj , -pier, -piest
1.  having a nap; downy; fuzzy
2.  of alcoholic drink, esp beer
 a.  having a head; frothy
 b.  strong or heady
3.  dialect chiefly (Brit) slightly intoxicated; tipsy
4.  (of a horse) jumpy or irritable; nervy
 
n
5.  any strong alcoholic drink, esp heady beer
 
'nappiness2
 
n

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nappy
"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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