"drooly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹuːli/ Forms: droolier [comparative], drooliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːli Etymology: Etymology tree English drool Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drooly From drool + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drool|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English drool Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drooly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "drooly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="drooly"> From drool + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|droolier}} drooly (comparative droolier, superlative drooliest)
  1. (informal) Producing an excess of drool. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-drooly-en-adj-s3gTFY6K Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 80 20
  2. (informal) Covered in drool. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-drooly-en-adj-tozoYbXl Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drooliness

Inflected forms

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