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grapey

/ɡɹeɪ.pi/

grapey adjective: resembling grapes.

Adjective (1)

grapey (comparative grapier, superlative grapiest)

  1. Resembling grapes.
    • It was round and purple and had sort of a grapey appearance.
    • The God we now behold with open'd eyes;
      A herd of spotted panthers round him lies
      In glaring forms; the grapy clusters spread
      On his fair brows, and dangle on his head.1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses
    Synonyms:
    grapelike
  2. Of, or pertaining to, grapes.
    • full of grapey goodness

Adjective (2)

grapey (comparative grapier, superlative grapiest)

  1. (Internet, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rapey.

Synonyms of grapey

Forms of grapey

comparativegrapier
superlativegrapiest
alternative formgrapy

Origin of grapey

From Middle English grapy, equivalent to grape + -y.

From rapey, influenced by grape.

Questions about grapey

What does grapey mean?
Grapey means resembling grapes.
What part of speech is grapey?
Grapey is an adjective.
How do you pronounce grapey?
Grapey is pronounced /ɡɹeɪ.pi/.

Words near grapey in the dictionary

  1. grapevine weevils
  2. grapevined
  3. grapevines
  4. grapevining
  5. grapewise
  6. grapey
  7. graph
  8. graph antihole
  9. graph antiholes
  10. graph directrices
  11. graph directrix

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