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sloshy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈslɒʃi/

Etymology

From slosh + -y.

Meanings

  1. That sloshes or splashes.
    • A cool schloopy-sloshy mud-cap all trickly behind his ears. 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child:
  2. (dated, slang) Sentimental; soppy.
    • "I suppose it must sound terribly sloshy to you, Uncle Max," faltered Nora. "Never mind that, my dear. I have always understood that under the most sportswomanlike jumper a tender heart might be beating." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sloshier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
sloshiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

sloshiness · sloshily