syrupy

syrupy
/sir"euh pee, serr"-/, adj.
1. having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
2. sentimental or saccharine; mawkish: a syrupy manner; a syrupy poem.
Also, sirupy.
[1700-10; SYRUP + -Y1]

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