wallpapery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wallpaper +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

wallpapery (comparative more wallpapery, superlative most wallpapery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of wallpaper.
    • 2005, Christopher J. Hall, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, page 95:
      Most dictionaries are made of paper, glue and ink, from the cheap and ugly paperbacks favoured by schoolchildren, to sumptuous editions, exuding opulence, like that of the Spanish Royal Academy, with its stiff, cream, wallpapery pages […]
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