camp (s)
campy (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
examples they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
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Derivationally related form campy → camp
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Derivationally related form camp → campy

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