grandpapa

[ grand-puh-pah; gran-pah-puh, grand-, gram- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Informal.

First recorded in 1745–55; grand- + papa

They both agreed in thinking they had never enjoyed a more delightful visit at grandpapa's.

It sounded as if many of the people of Victor, perhaps Nicole and her family, perhaps Grandpapa, might have come through unharmed.

Yet there were moments, as many persons had noticed, when the great-grandpapa would suddenly take stronger hues of life.

This he did, and the price he asked for doing so was exactly the value of the gold coin grandpapa had given Cyril for Christmas.

Only be so kind, grandpapa, as never to say anything against yourself again.

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