Cappy
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having, resembling, or relating to a cap (headwear). rare
"For a long time we have been searching for a cappy, spectacled, bland, and smiling old dame of the ancient type, when last summer we thought we had discovered the almost impossible she, in the form of a Quakeress sitting on the piazza of a quiet hotel, at one of our fashionable resorts. The cap she wore was of spotless muslin […]"
Example
More examples"For a long time we have been searching for a cappy, spectacled, bland, and smiling old dame of the ancient type, when last summer we thought we had discovered the almost impossible she, in the form of a Quakeress sitting on the piazza of a quiet hotel, at one of our fashionable resorts. The cap she wore was of spotless muslin […]"
Etymology
From cap + -y.
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