单词 | roupily |
释义 | roupilyadv. As though affected with roup; hoarsely, huskily. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > hoarse hoarselya1529 thick1589 hoarse1709 gruffly1847 croakily1858 throatily1875 roupily1887 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > rough or harsh through the throat1595 barkingly1605 raspingly1870 roupily1887 1887 G. B. Shaw Diary 20 Aug. (1986) I. 293 Went to the theatre where the draughts made the cold worse... Sat at home alone and wrote to JP in the evening. Sang a lot in spite of the cold. Very roupily. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xxxi. 263 Chanticleers in the town crowed roupily and ruefully for months. 1954 R. Matheson in Star Sci. Fiction Stories No. 3 123 Popeye, the sailor man..muttered roupily, ‘Olive Oyl, you is my goil.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1887 |
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