whelpy

Meaning

Adjective

Like or relating to a whelp .
Festering or having welts or wheals; attery, purulent.

Origin

From whelp + -y.
Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of welt -y; or from dialectal English whelpy meaning "sour, rancid".

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