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weepy, a.|ˈwiːpɪ|
[f. weep v. + -y1.]
†1. Weeping, mournful. Obs.
1602Davison Poet. Rapsody C 2, And when I weep, And sigh full deep, A weepy sighing Voice againe thou lendest.
2. Inclined to weep or shed tears, tearful.
1863‘Holme Lee’ A. Warleigh II. 95 She appeared with..her watery eyes more weepy than ever. 1894Du Maurier Trilby iv. (1912) 166 The bold dragoon sang..‘My Sister Dear’,..with such pathos,..that his audience felt almost weepy in the midst of their jollification. 1897B. Stoker Dracula xix. (1912) 276, I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.
3. dial. Exuding moisture, damp, oozy.
1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng., Weepy, abounding with springs; moist. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v., One o' the fat cheeses is weepy. 1886W. Somerset Word-bk. s.v., Terr'ble weepy field o' ground. 1906Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 196 An old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders.
Add:4. Of a story, film, or performance: maudlin and over-sentimental, tear-jerking. Cf. weepie n.
1936E. Schauffler Parnell i. i. 11 Katie: I love Ellen Terry. Aunt Ben: (Moving toward the window en route to the garden for tea.) Too ‘weepy’. 1977B. Head Collector of Treasures 18 Mary talked freely and at great length—a long weepy story of misery and torture. 1988L. Ellmann Sweet Desserts 132 It was after watching a weepy made-for-TV movie about a child dying of leukemia that I finally knew how sad I was about my father.
Hence ˈweepily adv.; ˈweepiness n.
1932Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Nov. 894/4 Madeleine..is not averse from weepiness. 1982N.Y. Times 3 Oct. vi. 20/3 That ridiculous closing shot of Gary and Jean Arthur riding a buckboard in the sky, thereby suggesting a weepily sentimental reunion in a heaven full of cumulus clouds. 1990Sunday Tel. 3 June 19/1 Nor do Major Ferguson's indiscretions include weepiness to a tabloid journalist. |