syrupy
adj/ˈsɪr.ə.pi/
Etymology From syrup + -y.
1
Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
2
With syrup.
- Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?1919 December, The Griswold Mfg. Co., “Winter days arouse the waffle appetite!”, in Edward W[illiam] Bok, editor, The Ladies’ Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 174:
- Cherry dropped into a chair and stared with lip-curling distate at the platter of sausages and their syrupy pancakes on the plates about her.1926 December 21, Anne Austin, “Saint and Sinner”, in Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis., page eight, column 4:
1 more example
- Beth stabs her fork into a mound of syrupy waffles.2008, Siobhan Vivian, A Little Friendly Advice, New York, N.Y.: PUSH/Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 209:
3
Overly sweet.
4
Figuratively Overly sentimental.
- Derived terms
- syrupily, syrupiness
- Related terms
- cough-syrupy, maple-syrupy