ropyadj.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊpi/, U.S.

/ˈroʊpi/

Forms: see rope n.¹ and -y suffix¹; also 1700s– ropey, 1800s roupy (Scottish), 1800s– rawpey (English regional (Wiltshire)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < rope n.¹ + -y suffix¹.The following quot. may show an example of sense 3a, but no other possible evidence of this sense has been found prior to 1941:1891 Punch 26 Dec. 303/1 Arey Stuffy Knees [sc. Aristophanes] sounds pooty ropy; he's one of their classickal pets; Old Thoosy Dides, too, he's another.

a. Having the appearance or consistency of a rope; suggestive of a rope. Also: (of a person or a part of the body) having muscles resembling rope.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a rope or string

ropy?c1425

stringy1669

funiform1827

ropelike1835

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > resembling

cord-like1611

cordy1611

ropy1823

ropelike1835

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 592 Take the ryndes of þe rootes ywaschen and caste awaye þe ynner ropy stokke; Seþe ham fynely wel with swete water and stampe ham and make þerof rolles and kepe ham.

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. xvii. 257 Covered with a reddish brown Ropy, or membranaceous tough Bark.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 5 There still are grass and weeds remaining, that will the next ploughing cause the furrows to be ropy.

1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe IV. xxxii. 58 The massy heap Of ropy ringlets his vast hands divide.

1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People iii. 22 Zeph..is one o' them ropy, stringy fellers, jest like touch-wood.

1906 H. G. Wells In Days of Comet i. iii. 100 She sat, sleeves tucked up from her ropy arms, peeling potatoes as I read.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 132 Otherwise it was mostly long whitened grass, frizzled bushes, and hundreds of ropey little trees, fifteen feet high.

2006 New Yorker 9 Jan. 57/3 A tall, ropy Cajun named Darryl Albert.

b. Geology. Of lava or its structure: displaying smooth, undulating coils. Cf. pahoehoe n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic > lava

ropy1823

lavic1835

laval1891

1823 R. Bakewell Travels II. 379 The lava may be seen hanging in ropy flakes, as if it were but recently congealed.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxvi. 289 Spongy lavas, which the volcano blast drags hither and thither into ropy coils.

1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin xiii. 291 The vesiculation of pahoehoe or ropy lava was found to be more evenly developed than in the aa or block lava.

1976 Nature 26 Feb. 650/1 Sample ARP 74–14–31, with a ropey surface showing flow direction, has a preserved glassy crust and a palagonite layer overlain by a thin manganese coating.

2003 R. Ozeki All over Creation v. 246 The ground was..littered with lava bombs and other erupted materials: smooth, ropy coils of pahoehoe, and the rough, shattered, crusty a'a.

a. Forming or developing viscid or slimy threads; sticky and stringy; spec. of beer, †wine, bread, or milk which has been affected by bacterial activity. Also figurative or in figurative context. Cf. rope n.¹ 6, ropiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts

roping1440

ropy1467

roped?1489

long1569

stringy1694

thready1733

thongy1847

1467 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 288 All brwers that brwythe to sell shall make good alle and holsome for mans bodye, nother raw, red, nor roppie.

1482 W. Caxton tr. Higden's Prolicionycion iii. xx. f. cxxxv^v Lentulus spetted and threwe ropy spotel in his face.

a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (BL Add. 37789) 436 Ropy as ale,..viscosus [MS riscosus].

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 24 Her lewde lyppes..slauer, men sayne, Lyke a ropy rayne.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 123 There ale is starke nought, lokinge whyte & thycke,..smoky and ropye.

1647 J. Cleveland Poems (new ed.) in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4663) 8 Like Snakes engendring, were placed [later edd. plated, platted] her tresses, Or like the slimy streakes of ropy Ale.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 119 Roapy Gore, he from his Nostrils bleeds.

1727 S. J. Vineyard 36 Your Grapes..must not be over Ripe, for..the Wine will be Sickish and Ropey.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 168 Sometimes..it will appear like Cobwebs, every time it is cut..This cobwebby, ropy Condition of the Bread.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 89 If there be any thing of..selfishness, or other passion intermingled, it is ropy and imperfect.

1791 W. Gifford Baviad 276 The ropy drivel of rheumatic brains.

1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 150 A considerable discharge of ropy fluid from the mouth.

1850 Brit. Assoc. Rep. Sections (1851) 60 Observations on Ropy Bread.

1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema III. xliii. 45 With a swirl and a curl of ropy mud.

1935 J. Lawrance Painting from A to Z xi. 103 Thick, ropey coats of paint look unsightly.

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 165/3 Stock should not be allowed to drink from stagnant pools, as these are a source of the organism responsible for ropey milk.

1990 H. Johnson in S. Ravenel New Stories from South (1991) 130 He fell, sprawled across the ropy roots of the old tree.

1999 J. S. Hough et al. Malting & Brewing Sci. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 747 Some strains [of lactobacilli] are notable for their ability to produce extracellular slime, thus giving rise to ‘ropey’ beer.

b. In extended use, of the air: full of impurities. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 64/1 You will find the Air..thick and heavy, and perfectly ropy; so that..you shall sometimes see a sort of strings..like cobwebs.

1788 J. May Jrnl. 14 Aug. (1873) (modernized text) 106 My lungs..have been irritated for several days by the thick ropy air.

1835 G. Darley Nepenthe 6 Rainbow dews Spun by the insect gossamer To climb with thro' the ropy air.

1868 Galaxy May 332 Let him breathe their rank and ropy air that the life of the lungs destroys.

1918 W. D. Steele Land's End 265 Queer things suggested themselves to her; she breathed an opiate in the ropy air.

3. colloquial (chiefly British, originally R.A.F. slang).

a. Poor in quality; unsatisfactory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]

evil971

lowc1175

poor?c1225

feeblec1275

vilea1300

petty1372

unthende1377

secondary1386

petitc1390

unmeeta1393

illa1400

commonc1400

coarse1424

indigent1426

unlikelyc1450

lesser1464

gross1474

naughty1526

inferior1531

reprobate?1545

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under1580

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subministrant1604

inferious1607

sublunary1624

indifferent1638

undermatched1642

unworthy1646

underly1648

turncoated1650

female1652

undergraduate1655

farandinical1675

baddishc1736

ungenerous1745

understrapping1762

tinnified1794

demi-semi1805

shabby1805

dicky1819

poor white1821

tin-pot1838

deterior1848

substandard1850

crumby1859

cheesy1863

po'1866

not-quite1867

rocky1873

mouldy1876

low-grade1878

sketchy1878

midget1879

junky1880

ullaged1892

abysmal1904

bodgie1905

junk1908

crap1936

ropy1941

bodger1945

two-star1951

tripey1955

manky1958

schlocky1960

cack1978

wank1991

bowf1994

1941 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 14 Oct. 4/2 Thus an RAF flier might record in his diary: ‘It [sc. the weather] was ropey tonight, but we went to the movies [sc. went into action].’

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 131 It will probably show how ropy your judgement is on modern types.

1944 S. Gibbons Bachelor xvi. 144 I think you must have a ropey time. Worrying about the poor, and giving all your money away and not eating much.

1957 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 14/1 It is, of course, very difficult to get waiters on New Year's Eve. If you hire them outside, you may get a few ropey types.

1963 Times 20 May 6/5 Some of the acting is a bit ropy.

1971 J. Aiken Nightly Deadshade iii. 22 Mother..was crippled and Father left her... Everything was one hundred per cent ropy except that she had a little money.

2009 Independent (Nexis) 24 Jan. 42 A ropey love life also didn't help his prospects.

b. Esp. of an aircraft: rickety, ramshackle; unreliable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety

seely1562

crazy1583

ramshackled1675

creachy1715

rickly1715

rickety1741

palsified1775

shackling1790

ramshackling1815

paralytic1824

rackety1824

rattletrap1824

cocklety1828

ramshackle1830

shickery?1833

shackly1843

shattery1844

shaky1850

ramshackly1857

cockly1859

rachitic1864

ruckly1866

tumble-over1883

palsied1889

rattle-bag1896

shauchly1896

bockety1902

ruggy1929

rickety-rackety1931

ropy1942

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 10 I then commanded a scratch squadron of rather ropey machines.

1953 E. Hyams Gentian Violet iii. 42 Their aircraft are pretty ropey.

1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final vii. 77 I flew to Bombay and from there I travelled down in this amazingly ropey old plane to Poona, where they were filming.

c. Unwell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

attaint1303

languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

bada1393

mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

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unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1945 Gen 30 June 51/1 He's feeling a bit ropey now, and he's going to have a bad night.

1959 W. D. Pereira North Flight ii. 33 You look a bit ropey, Dad, why don't you go home..and relax?

1961 Sunday Express 15 Jan. 4/6 I feel a bit ropey... I think I've picked up some sort of virus.

1990 P. Roth Deception 23 I feel a bit ropey, actually. I feel a lot older.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ropy
释义	ropyadj. Brit. /ˈrəʊpi/, U.S. /ˈroʊpi/ Forms: see rope n.¹ and -y suffix¹; also 1700s– ropey, 1800s roupy (Scottish), 1800s– rawpey (English regional (Wiltshire)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rope n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < rope n.¹ + -y suffix¹.The following quot. may show an example of sense 3a, but no other possible evidence of this sense has been found prior to 1941:1891 Punch 26 Dec. 303/1 Arey Stuffy Knees [sc. Aristophanes] sounds pooty ropy; he's one of their classickal pets; Old Thoosy Dides, too, he's another. 1. a. Having the appearance or consistency of a rope; suggestive of a rope. Also: (of a person or a part of the body) having muscles resembling rope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > like a rope or string ropy?c1425 stringy1669 funiform1827 ropelike1835 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > resembling cord-like1611 cordy1611 ropy1823 ropelike1835 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 592 Take the ryndes of þe rootes ywaschen and caste awaye þe ynner ropy stokke; Seþe ham fynely wel with swete water and stampe ham and make þerof rolles and kepe ham. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. xvii. 257 Covered with a reddish brown Ropy, or membranaceous tough Bark. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 5 There still are grass and weeds remaining, that will the next ploughing cause the furrows to be ropy. 1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe IV. xxxii. 58 The massy heap Of ropy ringlets his vast hands divide. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People iii. 22 Zeph..is one o' them ropy, stringy fellers, jest like touch-wood. 1906 H. G. Wells In Days of Comet i. iii. 100 She sat, sleeves tucked up from her ropy arms, peeling potatoes as I read. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 132 Otherwise it was mostly long whitened grass, frizzled bushes, and hundreds of ropey little trees, fifteen feet high. 2006 New Yorker 9 Jan. 57/3 A tall, ropy Cajun named Darryl Albert. b. Geology. Of lava or its structure: displaying smooth, undulating coils. Cf. pahoehoe n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic > lava ropy1823 lavic1835 laval1891 1823 R. Bakewell Travels II. 379 The lava may be seen hanging in ropy flakes, as if it were but recently congealed. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxvi. 289 Spongy lavas, which the volcano blast drags hither and thither into ropy coils. 1914 R. A. Daly Igneous Rocks & their Origin xiii. 291 The vesiculation of pahoehoe or ropy lava was found to be more evenly developed than in the aa or block lava. 1976 Nature 26 Feb. 650/1 Sample ARP 74–14–31, with a ropey surface showing flow direction, has a preserved glassy crust and a palagonite layer overlain by a thin manganese coating. 2003 R. Ozeki All over Creation v. 246 The ground was..littered with lava bombs and other erupted materials: smooth, ropy coils of pahoehoe, and the rough, shattered, crusty a'a. 2. a. Forming or developing viscid or slimy threads; sticky and stringy; spec. of beer, †wine, bread, or milk which has been affected by bacterial activity. Also figurative or in figurative context. Cf. rope n.¹ 6, ropiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts roping1440 ropy1467 roped?1489 long1569 stringy1694 thready1733 thongy1847 1467 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 288 All brwers that brwythe to sell shall make good alle and holsome for mans bodye, nother raw, red, nor roppie. 1482 W. Caxton tr. Higden's Prolicionycion iii. xx. f. cxxxv^v Lentulus spetted and threwe ropy spotel in his face. a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (BL Add. 37789) 436 Ropy as ale,..viscosus [MS riscosus]. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 24 Her lewde lyppes..slauer, men sayne, Lyke a ropy rayne. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 123 There ale is starke nought, lokinge whyte & thycke,..smoky and ropye. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems (new ed.) in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4663) 8 Like Snakes engendring, were placed [later edd. plated, platted] her tresses, Or like the slimy streakes of ropy Ale. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 119 Roapy Gore, he from his Nostrils bleeds. View more context for this quotation 1727 S. J. Vineyard 36 Your Grapes..must not be over Ripe, for..the Wine will be Sickish and Ropey. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 168 Sometimes..it will appear like Cobwebs, every time it is cut..This cobwebby, ropy Condition of the Bread. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 89 If there be any thing of..selfishness, or other passion intermingled, it is ropy and imperfect. 1791 W. Gifford Baviad 276 The ropy drivel of rheumatic brains. 1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 150 A considerable discharge of ropy fluid from the mouth. 1850 Brit. Assoc. Rep. Sections (1851) 60 Observations on Ropy Bread. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema III. xliii. 45 With a swirl and a curl of ropy mud. 1935 J. Lawrance Painting from A to Z xi. 103 Thick, ropey coats of paint look unsightly. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 165/3 Stock should not be allowed to drink from stagnant pools, as these are a source of the organism responsible for ropey milk. 1990 H. Johnson in S. Ravenel New Stories from South (1991) 130 He fell, sprawled across the ropy roots of the old tree. 1999 J. S. Hough et al. Malting & Brewing Sci. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 747 Some strains [of lactobacilli] are notable for their ability to produce extracellular slime, thus giving rise to ‘ropey’ beer. b. In extended use, of the air: full of impurities. Now rare. ΚΠ 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 64/1 You will find the Air..thick and heavy, and perfectly ropy; so that..you shall sometimes see a sort of strings..like cobwebs. 1788 J. May Jrnl. 14 Aug. (1873) (modernized text) 106 My lungs..have been irritated for several days by the thick ropy air. 1835 G. Darley Nepenthe 6 Rainbow dews Spun by the insect gossamer To climb with thro' the ropy air. 1868 Galaxy May 332 Let him breathe their rank and ropy air that the life of the lungs destroys. 1918 W. D. Steele Land's End 265 Queer things suggested themselves to her; she breathed an opiate in the ropy air. 3. colloquial (chiefly British, originally R.A.F. slang). a. Poor in quality; unsatisfactory. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] evil971 lowc1175 poor?c1225 feeblec1275 vilea1300 petty1372 unthende1377 secondary1386 petitc1390 unmeeta1393 illa1400 commonc1400 coarse1424 indigent1426 unlikelyc1450 lesser1464 gross1474 naughty1526 inferior1531 reprobate?1545 slender1577 unlikely1578 puny1579 under1580 wooden1592 sordid1596 puisne1598 provant1601 subministrant1604 inferious1607 sublunary1624 indifferent1638 undermatched1642 unworthy1646 underly1648 turncoated1650 female1652 undergraduate1655 farandinical1675 baddishc1736 ungenerous1745 understrapping1762 tinnified1794 demi-semi1805 shabby1805 dicky1819 poor white1821 tin-pot1838 deterior1848 substandard1850 crumby1859 cheesy1863 po'1866 not-quite1867 rocky1873 mouldy1876 low-grade1878 sketchy1878 midget1879 junky1880 ullaged1892 abysmal1904 bodgie1905 junk1908 crap1936 ropy1941 bodger1945 two-star1951 tripey1955 manky1958 schlocky1960 cack1978 wank1991 bowf1994 1941 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 14 Oct. 4/2 Thus an RAF flier might record in his diary: ‘It [sc. the weather] was ropey tonight, but we went to the movies [sc. went into action].’ 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 131 It will probably show how ropy your judgement is on modern types. 1944 S. Gibbons Bachelor xvi. 144 I think you must have a ropey time. Worrying about the poor, and giving all your money away and not eating much. 1957 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 14/1 It is, of course, very difficult to get waiters on New Year's Eve. If you hire them outside, you may get a few ropey types. 1963 Times 20 May 6/5 Some of the acting is a bit ropy. 1971 J. Aiken Nightly Deadshade iii. 22 Mother..was crippled and Father left her... Everything was one hundred per cent ropy except that she had a little money. 2009 Independent (Nexis) 24 Jan. 42 A ropey love life also didn't help his prospects. b. Esp. of an aircraft: rickety, ramshackle; unreliable. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 10 I then commanded a scratch squadron of rather ropey machines. 1953 E. Hyams Gentian Violet iii. 42 Their aircraft are pretty ropey. 1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final vii. 77 I flew to Bombay and from there I travelled down in this amazingly ropey old plane to Poona, where they were filming. c. Unwell. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1945 Gen 30 June 51/1 He's feeling a bit ropey now, and he's going to have a bad night. 1959 W. D. Pereira North Flight ii. 33 You look a bit ropey, Dad, why don't you go home..and relax? 1961 Sunday Express 15 Jan. 4/6 I feel a bit ropey... I think I've picked up some sort of virus. 1990 P. Roth Deception 23 I feel a bit ropey, actually. I feel a lot older. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1425
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