Word Study
soppy
CIDE DICTIONARY
soppy, a.
Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy. [1913 Webster]
"It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
soppy, adj. (soppier, soppiest)
1 Brit. colloq. a silly or foolish in a feeble or self-indulgent way. b mawkishly sentimental.
2 Brit. colloq. (foll. by on) foolishly infatuated with.
3 soaked with water.
1 Brit. colloq. a silly or foolish in a feeble or self-indulgent way. b mawkishly sentimental.
2 Brit. colloq. (foll. by on) foolishly infatuated with.
3 soaked with water.
Derivative
soppily adv. soppiness n.
Etymology
SOP + -Y(1)
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