a. [f. WEEP v. + -Y1.]
† 1. Weeping, mournful. Obs.
1602. Davison, 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.
1894. Du 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.
1897. Bram 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.
1825. Jennings, Observ. Dial. W. Eng., Weepy, abounding with springs; moist.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., s.v. One o’ the fat cheeses is weepy.
1886. W. Somerset Word-bk., s.v., Terr’ble weepy field o’ ground.
1906. Kipling, 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.
