grapey

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grapey (comparative grapier, superlative grapiest)

  2. Resembling grapes.
    Synonym: grapelike
    It was round and purple and had sort of a grapey appearance.
    • 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
      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.
  4. Of, or pertaining to, grapes.
    full of grapey goodness
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