1817, "rainy," from drip (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "sloppily sentimental" is 1944, from the slang sense.
a wet drippy day
a drippy faucet
drink
drinkable
drinker
drinking
drip
drippy
drivable
drive
drive-by
drive-in
drivel
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