Roopy

Alternative forms

• roupy Scotland

Origin

From roop("a shout") + -y.

Full definition of roopy

Adjective

1. Hoarse.
• 1863, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.

Related terms

• roop