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diapery

diapery noun: fabric with a diaper pattern.

Noun

diapery (countable and uncountable, plural diaperies)

  1. Fabric with a diaper pattern.
    • […] diaperies of white damask and purple velvet […]1844, James Thompson, The handbook of Leicester, page 40

Adjective

diapery (comparative more diapery, superlative most diapery)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) Resembling or characteristic of a diaper (type of undergarment).
    • […] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […]2015, Charles Holdefer, Nice

Forms of diapery

Noun
pluraldiaperies
Adjective
comparativemore diapery
superlativemost diapery

Origin of diapery

diaper + -ery

diaper + -y

Questions about diapery

What does diapery mean?
Diapery means fabric with a diaper pattern.
What part of speech is diapery?
Diapery can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of diapery?
The plural of diapery is diaperies.

Words near diapery in the dictionary

  1. diaperturate
  2. diaperwear
  3. diaperwhore
  4. diaperwhores
  5. diaperwork
  6. diapery
  7. diaphagetic
  8. diaphagetically
  9. diaphane
  10. diaphaneities
  11. diaphaneity

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