Definition of Roopy

1. Adjective. Hoarse. ¹

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Definition of Roopy

1. hoarse [adj ROOPIER, ROOPIEST] - See also: hoarse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roopy

roomsful
roomsome
roomth
roomthy
roomwise
roomy
roon
roons
roop
rooped
roopier
roopiest
rooping
roopit
roops
roopy (current term)
roorbach
roorbachs
roorback
roorbacks
roos
roosa
roosas
roose
roosed
rooser
roosers
rooses
rooseveltite
roosing

Literary usage of Roopy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"roopy ... Aa's that roopy aa can hardly taak." ROOSTER, a low lying, boggy piece of land. ..."

2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Aa's that roopy aa can hardly taak." ROOSTER, a low lying, boggy piece of land. " Thor's a nest o' greys doon i' the rooster there."—Shepherd at Woodburn. ..."

3. Yorkshire Folk-talk: With Characteristics of Those who Speak it in the North by Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris (1892)
"Our roopy friend knew better than to make use of such circuitous verbiage as this clergyman did, and there could at least be no mistake with his hearers as ..."

4. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"... and the open end being sewn up, is dropped into the pan of boiling water on the fire. roopy Hoarse. " Ye've gotten cowd, ah think, ..."

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