nappy

Meanings

Noun

• An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
• A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
• A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.

Verb

• To put a nappy on.

Adjective

• Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
• Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy
• Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
• Foamy; having a large head.
• Nervous, excitable.
• brittle

Related

Similar words

• diaper
• napkin

Origin

• Probably shortened from napkin (but possibly a corruption of French nappe, since napkin is already a diminutive).
• From nap + -y.
• From Middle English nap, from Old English hnæp, hnæpp, hnæpf, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ("bowl, goblet, cup"). See hanaper.
• Related to knap.