grapey

English

Alternative forms

• grapy

Etymology

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

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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