a. Also 8 syruppy, 9 sirupy. [f. SYRUP sb. + -Y.] Partaking of the qualities of syrup; esp. having the viscid consistence of syrup.

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1707.  Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 344. Apples … that are of a syrupy tenacious nature.

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1733.  Shaw, Chem. Lect., xi. (1755), 218. A … rich, syrupy, or treacly Substance.

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1740.  A. Hill, in Richardson’s Corr. (1804), I. 49. The must, so enriched from its syruppy consistence of body.

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1830.  M. Donovan, Dom. Econ., I. 281. A sweet and sirupy wine will become improved by keeping on the lees.

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1842.  T. Graham, Elem. Chem., III. ii. § 2. 774. Phosphovinic acid is a colourless, syrupy liquid.

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1897.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 292. The fluid is evaporated until it acquires a syrupy consistency.

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  fig.  1832.  Examiner, 663/1. Her voice has lost none of its sirupy richness.

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1866.  Contemp. Rev., II. 186. It is not easy to translate such syrupy sentiment.

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