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drooly en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɹuːli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English drool Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drooly From drool + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Producing an excess of drool.
    • Nestor leans down and pats NJ on the head and NJ jumps right up in his lap and gives him a big slurpy, drooly doggy kiss right on his face. 2007, A. L. Niflhaim, Gail McLeod, Christmas in Distress, page 85:
    • Only I remember how my baby gurgled with joy at age three months and gave me a drooly, lop-sided grin when I entered her pretty sunshine-yellow room […] 1998, Anne McCracken, Mary Semel, A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies, page 58:
  2. (informal) Covered in drool.
    • a drooly pillow

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drooliest Degree=Sup lexicographic
droolier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

drooliness