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turpsiest

turpsiest is the superlative 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 turpsiest

What is turpsiest the superlative form of?
Turpsiest is the superlative form of turpsy.

Words near turpsiest in the dictionary

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

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