Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing pap; having the qualities of pap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Containing or producing pap; like pap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing or producing
pap , or soft food; resembling pap; porridge-like.
Etymologies
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pap + -escent
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Examples
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All these different stages of diarrhœa, whether with or without vomiting, watery or papescent, of one color or another, with or without pain, with or without fever, have yielded readily, safely and thoroughly to Apis in my hands.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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There is a bitter in the mouth and the stools are hard and dry, or, if loose, papescent and profuse and associated with a colic.
Wildlife Accessories admin 2010
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There is a bitter in the mouth and the stools are hard and dry, or, if loose, papescent and profuse and associated with a colic.
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