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droopy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɹuːpi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y.

Meanings

  1. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
droopiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
droopier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

droopiness · droopily

Translations (12)

pl opadający (sagging) · es colgón (sagging) · fr abattu (sagging) · es caído (sagging) · pl oklapnięty (sagging) · mi mohemohe (sagging) · mk сви́снат (sagging) · fr tombant (sagging) · az asılı (sagging) · pl zwisający (sagging) · fr fané (sagging) · pdt schlaup (sagging)