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nappy

[nap-ee]

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noun Chiefly Scot.

liquor, especially ale.

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

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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

adjective, nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est.

covered with nap; downy.

(of hair) kinky.

Origin:
1490–1500; nap² + -y¹

Related forms

nap·pi·ness, noun

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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Word Origin & History

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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