scrolloping

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/ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/

adjective

Having florid ornamentation.

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Meanings

adjectivescrolloping (comparative more scrolloping, superlative most scrolloping)

comparative more scrolloping · superlative most scrolloping

  1. rareHaving florid ornamentation.

    … framed in the scrolloping mahogany, a grey-white, mysteriously smiling, charming girl, the core of herself, the soul of herself;

    1943, Woolf, Virginia, The New Dress
verb
  1. rareWinding and meandering like a vine.

    Wherever he looked, vegetation was rampant. Cucumbers "came scrolloping across the grass to his feet."

    1928, Woolf, Virginia, Orlando: A Biography, page 230

Origin

From scroll + lollop + -ing.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrolloping,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrolloping.

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