Adjective: syrupy
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | syrupier |
| Superlative | syrupiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]
Adjectives inflected like syrupy
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English syrup
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *-g
6. Old English -iġ
7. Middle English -y
8. English -y
9. English syrupy
10. From syrup + -y.