"pappy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pæpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pappy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pappier [comparative], pappiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpi Etymology: pap + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pap|y}} pap + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} pappy (comparative pappier, superlative pappiest)
  1. Like pap; soft; mushy. Categories (topical): Male family members Derived forms: pappily, pappiness
    Sense id: en-pappy-en-adj-6y0mpnVW Disambiguation of Male family members: 41 29 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 80 10 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pæpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pappy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pappies [plural]
Rhymes: -æpi Etymology: From papa + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|papa|-y|id2=diminutive}} papa + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} pappy (plural pappies)
  1. (colloquial, regional) A father. Tags: colloquial, regional
    Sense id: en-pappy-en-noun-TTeGOiVa Categories (other): Regional English
  2. (colloquial, regional) A grandfather. Tags: colloquial, regional
    Sense id: en-pappy-en-noun-YedRBFAy Categories (other): Regional English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grandpappy
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pappy meaning in English (3.7kB)

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