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adj
Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal, offensive, sometimes
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adj
Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
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Usage: rare
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adj
Foamy; having a large head.
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adj
Nervous, excitable.
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adj
Brittle.
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Usage: Scotland
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noun
An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK
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noun
A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
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noun
A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.
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Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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verb
To put a nappy on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
(of hair) in small tight curls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky
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noun
garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: diaper, napkin
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Broader terms: garment
History
Etymology tree English nap Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nappy From nap + -y.
Related to knap.
A diminutive in -y. The base is probably napkin but possibly French nappe directly (note that napkin is already a diminutive).
From Middle English nap, from Old English hnæp, hnæpp, hnæpf (“cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“bowl, goblet, cup”). See hanaper.
Across languages
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