seepy

English

Etymology

From seep +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːpi
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

seepy (comparative seepier, superlative seepiest)

  1. That seeps.
    • 2020, Bethany Hicok, Elizabeth Bishop and the Literary Archive, page 121:
      In a way this reminds me a bit of the exactness of Bishop's watercolors—using the seepiest of mediums to make a kind of preternatural accuracy.
  2. (of land) boggy; marshy; with poor drainage.

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