Meaning

1 senses
  1. Hoarseness.

Origin

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cr

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).

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Forms

plural: roops

Word family

1 related words
Derivedroopy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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