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drippy

UK/ˈdɹɪpi/ uncommon informal slang

adjective

1.

wet with light rain

  • “a sad drizzly day”
  • “a wet drippy day”
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2.

leaking in drops

  • “a drippy faucet”
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3.

effusively or insincerely emotional

  • “a bathetic novel”
  • “maudlin expressions of sympathy”
  • “mushy effusiveness”
  • “a schmaltzy song”
  • “sentimental soap operas”
  • “slushy poetry”

Origin

From drip + -y.

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