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nap⋅py

1  [nap-ee]
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–noun Chiefly Scot.
liquor, esp. ale.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME noppi. See nap 2 , -y 1
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nap⋅py

2  [nap-ee]
–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) + -y 2

nap⋅py

3  [nap-ee]
–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. covered with nap; downy.
2. (of hair) kinky.
Origin:
1490–1500; nap 2 + -y 1

Related forms:
nap⋅pi⋅ness, noun

nap⋅py

4  [nap-ee]
–noun, plural -pies. Chiefly British.
a diaper.
Origin:
1925–30; nap(kin) + -y 2
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nap·py 1   (nāp'ē)   
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.
nap·py 2   (nāp'ē)   
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.]
nap·py 3   (nāp'ē)   
n.   pl. nap·pies Chiefly British
A diaper.

[Alteration of napkin.]
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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.

Nappy

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

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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Language Translation for : nappy
Spanish: pañal,
German: die Windel,
Japanese: おむつ
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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