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单词 hempy
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hempyadj.n.

/ˈhɛmpi/
Etymology: < hemp n. + -y suffix1.
A. adj.
1. Made of, like, or of the nature of hemp; hempen; having or producing hemp.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > made of hemp
hempena1398
hempa1400
cannabine?a1425
hempyc1440
hempling1492
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of hemp
hempena1398
hempyc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/2 Hempyne, or hempy.., canabeus.
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 10v Such [euill ayre] as commeth of Hempy grounds, as in Holland.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chanureux, Hempen, Hempie, of Hempe.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 139 Twixt the rinde and the tree there is a cotton or hempie kind of mosse which they weave for their cloathing.
2. Scottish and northern. Worthy of the hangman's halter; usually jocular, meaning merely Mischievous, giddy, often in scrapes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] > and worthy of hanging
gallowsc1425
rope-ripe1552
hangworthya1586
hempy1801
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > playfully or mischievously roguish
pickled1683
pickle1774
hempy1801
impish1834
natkhat1843
puckish1874
gallows1882
gamine1903
1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 51 I've heard some hair-brain'd hempy Growl whan your chappin bottle's empty.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 288 I was a daft hempie lassie then, and little thought what was to come o't.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hempy, mischievous—having the qualities likely to suffer by cat o' nine tails, or by the halter. Applied jocularly to giddy young people of both sexes.
1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 110 Noted as the most ‘hempy’ boy in the..district.
B. n.
(Usually in form hempie.) One who deserves to be hanged; one for whom hemp grows. Usually jocular: A mischievous giddy boy or girl.
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society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging
wickhals?a1400
crack-rope?a1500
widdieneck?a1500
widdiefu?a1513
thevis neka1525
stretch-hemp1532
man of death1535
slip-string1546
waghalter1546
ropeful1567
gallows-clapper1570
hang-rope1570
rope-ripe1570
crack-halter1573
hempstring1573
wag-string1578
stretch-halter1583
gallows1598
halter-sack1598
wag-with1611
crack-hempa1616
roper1615
halter-sick1617
gallows-climber1668
hang-string1675
hempy1718
gallows-face1725
gallows-bird1785
hang-gallows1785
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > playful or mischievous roguery > young or playful rogue
urchinc1525
rascal1601
limb1625
imp1642
pickle1779
impling1780
rip1781
scamp1808
hempy1818
flibbertigibbet1826
tinker1855
faggot1859
skeezicks1908
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 He had gather'd seven or aught Wild Hempys stout and strang.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 263 ‘Where did ye get the book, ye little hempie?’ said Mrs. Butler.
1864 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 181 This hempie of a bird has taken to colonising.
1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister (1894) 259 She had been a big-boned ‘hempie’ at the Kirkland School.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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