land-lopingland-loupingadj.
/ˈlandˌləʊpɪŋ/, /ˈlandˌlaʊpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlændˌloʊpɪŋ/, /ˈlændˌlaʊpɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈlandˌlopɪŋ/, /ˈlandˌlʌʊpɪŋ/ Now Scottish.
Wandering, roving, vagabond. Also figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective]
pautenerc1330
palliard1484
limmer?a1513
limmerful?a1513
slovenly?1518
knavish1552
patchingc1555
rascal1566
roguing1566
knaifatic1568
roguish1572
rascally1586
land-loping1587
Scanderbegging1593
cullionly1608
rogorous1609
loseling1624
scoundrel1643
schelmish1654
pickled1683
rapscallionly1699
scoundrelish1705
rapscallion1711
pickle1774
scoundrelly1790
picaresque1822
furciferous1823
scapegrace1830
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective]
pautenerc1330
palliard1484
varletc1485
knavisha1492
limmer?a1513
limmerful?a1513
briberous?1536
patchingc1555
rascal1566
roguing1566
roguish1575
arrant1581
skybala1585
rascally1586
land-loping1587
shag-ragc1590
Scanderbegging1593
Scanderbeg1601
rogorous1609
rogueya1627
scoundrel1643
schelmish1654
skelm1673
rapscallionly1699
rapscallion1711
scoundrelly1790
furciferous1823
scapegrace1830
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp
vagrant1461
loiteringa1533
way-walkinga1535
roguing1566
roguish1572
vagabondical1576
vagabond1585
vagabondinga1586
land-loping1587
vagrom1600
leap-land1614
vagabondial1615
vaguea1627
gangrel1650
vagabondious1661
going1737
gang-there-out1815
tramping1828
vagabondizing1830
pikey1838
beachcombing1845
runagate1877
going-about1886
bummy1890
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive
digressinga1535
exorbitant1534
discursive1598
solute1605
digressive?1611
excursive1673
rimble-ramble1690
land-loping1694
digressionary1741
parenthetic1782
uncentral1782
digressional1785
parenthetical1814
discursative1819
discursory1830
episodic1867
winding1887
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 232/1 These his landloping legats and Nuncios haue their manifold collusions to cousen christian kingdoms of their reuenues.
1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 32 It is a Lond~lopeing Argument.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x*. 239 I canna think it an unlawfu' thing to pit a bit trick on sic a land-louping scoundrel, that just lives by tricking honester folk.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 108 These land-louping Highland scoundrels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1587