C19: diminutive formed from pop, shortened from poppet; originally a nursery term
popsy in American English
(ˈpɑpsi)
nounWord forms: plural-sies
Brit informal
a girl or young woman
Word origin
[1860–65; generic use of a term of endearment, prob. pop(pet) + -sy]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, institutionalism, metric system, mutualism, pop-up-sy is a suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes a diminutive of the base wordand usually confined to informal and jocular use (bitsy; footsie; halvsies); adjectives formed with -sy may be ironic, implying that the quality in question is self-consciously assumedor feigned (artsy; cutesy; folksy). The combination of -s and -y in certain words (antsy; gutsy) should perhaps be considered further instances of this suffix
Examples of 'popsy' in a sentence
popsy
You don't pursue the popsy singer approach that many classical singers do?