[syn: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 1st Nap.]
1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
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2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy;
strong; heady; as, nappy ale. [Obs.] --Wyatt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 3d Nap.]
Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. --Holland.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nappy \Nap"py\, n.; pl. Nappies. [OE. nap, AS. hnaep cup,
bowl. See Hanaper.]
A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
[Written also nappie.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nappy \nap"py\, n.; pl. nappies.
A diaper[4]. [Chiefly Brit.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nappy
adj 1: (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly,
frizzy, kinky, nappy]
n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
excrement [syn: diaper, nappy, napkin]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "nappy":
addled, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, crapulent,
crapulous, dizzy, downy, drenched, drunk, drunken, far-gone,
feathery, flossy, fluffy, flustered, fou, full, furry, fuzzy, gay,
giddy, glorious, happy, hirsute, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated,
inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, knobbed, maudlin, mellow, merry,
muddled, nubbly, nubby, peachy, pily, pinnate, pitted, reeling,
shaggy, shikker, sodden, sotted, studded, tiddly, tipsy,
under the influence, velvety