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syrupy

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syr⋅up⋅y

  [sir-uh-pee, sur-]
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–adjective
1. having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
2. sentimental or saccharine; mawkish: a syrupy manner; a syrupy poem.
Also, sirupy.

Origin:
1700–10; syrup + -y 1
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syr·up·y also sir·up·y   (sĭr'ə-pē, sûr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Resembling syrup in taste or consistency.

  2. Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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