"gloppy" meaning in English

See gloppy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡlɒpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gloppy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gloppier [comparative], gloppiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒpi Etymology: Etymology tree English glop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gloppy From glop + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|glop|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English glop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gloppy [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" : "gloppy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="gloppy"> From glop + -y., {{ety|en|:af|glop|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English glop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gloppy From glop + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} gloppy (comparative gloppier, superlative gloppiest)
  1. (informal) gooey and viscous. Tags: informal Synonyms: gloopy Derived forms: gloppily, gloppiness

Inflected forms

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