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turpsier

turpsier is the comparative form of turpsy.

Meaning of turpsy

Adjective

turpsy (comparative turpsier, superlative turpsiest)

  1. soaked in or smelling of turpentine
    • Back at his canvas he drew some more with Prussian blue, wiped his hands on a turpsy rag, and went over to the telephone.1960, John Bratby, Breakdown, Hutchinson, published 1960, page 24
  2. heavily diluted with turpentine
    • The Sleeping lubra is an oil painting on board, and the underpainting, which has been laid in as a transparent wash, seems to have been mixed with some incompatible substance that has caused the colour to marble, possibly the result of clear enamel being dropped directly into the turpsy film of oil...1984, Betty Churcher, Molvig: The Lost Antipodean, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 74

Questions about turpsier

What is turpsier the comparative form of?
Turpsier is the comparative form of turpsy.

Words near turpsier in the dictionary

  1. turpit
  2. turpitude
  3. turpitudes
  4. turpitudinous
  5. turps
  6. turpsier
  7. turpsiest
  8. turpsy
  9. Turpu Kapu
  10. Turquet's octopus
  11. turquois

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