pulpy

English

Etymology

From pulp + -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pulpy (comparative pulpier, superlative pulpiest)

1. Having the characteristics of pulp.

   the pulpy texture of overripe fruit

2. (figurative, fiction) Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence.

   a pulpy TV thriller

   • 2025 September 25, Manohla Dargis, “‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 September 2025:

     In a sly bit of casting, Tony Goldwyn — a star of the pulpy TV series “Scandal” — shows up as one of the leaders of the Christmas Adventurers Club..

Derived terms

• pulpily
• pulpiness
• pulpy kidney

Translations

having the characteristics of pulp, soft, squishy

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek), кашест (kašest)
• Catalan: polpós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漿狀的 / 浆状的 (jiāngzhuàng de)

• Finnish: pehmeä (fi), pehmennyt, vetelä (fi)
• French: pulpeux (fr) m
• Italian: polposo
• Māori: tāhōhō, māhungahunga, mohunga, tāromiromi
• Polish: papkowaty, pulpowy
• Portuguese: polposo (pt) m, polpudo (pt) m
• Russian: мя́гкий (ru) (mjáxkij), мяси́стый (ru) (mjasístyj), со́чный (ru) (sóčnyj)
• Spanish: pulposo

having the characteristics of pulp fiction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低俗小說式的 / 低俗小说式的 (dīsú xiǎoshuō shì de)

• Finnish: tahmainen (fi)
• French: feuilletonesque (fr)
• Polish: pulpowy
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: folletinesco