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scrolloping en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/

Etymology

From scroll + lollop + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Having florid ornamentation.
    • … framed in the scrolloping mahogany, a grey-white, mysteriously smiling, charming girl, the core of herself, the soul of herself; 1943, Woolf, Virginia, The New Dress:

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most scrolloping Degree=Sup lexicographic
more scrolloping Degree=Cmp lexicographic

scrolloping en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/

Etymology

From scroll + lollop + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Winding and meandering like a vine.
    • Wherever he looked, vegetation was rampant. Cucumbers "came scrolloping across the grass to his feet." 1928, Woolf, Virginia, Orlando: A Biography, page 230: