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scrolloping

/ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/

scrolloping adjective: having florid ornamentation.

Adjective

scrolloping (comparative more scrolloping, superlative most scrolloping)

  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

Verb

scrolloping

  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

Forms of scrolloping

comparativemore scrolloping
superlativemost scrolloping

Origin of scrolloping

From scroll + lollop + -ing.

Questions about scrolloping

What does scrolloping mean?
Scrolloping means having florid ornamentation.
What part of speech is scrolloping?
Scrolloping can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce scrolloping?
Scrolloping is pronounced /ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/.

Words near scrolloping in the dictionary

  1. scrollheads
  2. scrollies
  3. scrolling
  4. scrollings
  5. scrolljacking
  6. scrolloping
  7. scrolls
  8. scrollsaw
  9. scrollsaws
  10. scrolltext
  11. scrolltexts

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