orp en · VERB
Etymology
Unknown; possibly related to warp.
Meanings
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(Scotland) To complain, grumble, or be discontented.
My heart is ever orpin' on / The bonnie banks o' Tay.
1895, Robert Ford, Tayside Songs and Other Verses, Alexander Gardner, page 12:
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(Scotland) To be in ill health; to be sickly and shrivelled.
Of changling Imp—he spoke, no care could rear, / Which backward seemed to orp, from year to year.
1820 November, Thomas Gillespie, “Sketches of Village Character”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| orped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| orping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |