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soppiness

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sop⋅py

  [sop-ee]
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–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
2. rainy, as weather.
3. British Slang. excessively sentimental; mawkish.
Origin:
1605–15; sop + -y 1

Related forms:
sop⋅pi⋅ness, noun
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sopping (wet)

and soppy
  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. (See also wet.) : After about six beers, Ralph found himself a little soppy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

soppy 
"very wet," 1823, from sop; meaning "sentimental" first recorded 1918.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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