Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rope-ripe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: rope-ripe
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: deserving of being hanged.

Obsolete

adj

Of an action: punishable by being hanged.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sometymes our coyne, could stop a gappe, / And purchace pardon by a traine: / But gallows lucke, and ropripe happe, / At length was gwerdon for our paine."
"As we argued already, Shakespeare's representation of the rope-ripe shrew likely was inspired by abundant accounts of the well-hanged and well-hung shrewmouse."
"Therefore the reporting of our tale, may ſone appere plain if we firſt expreſſe our minde in plaine words, and not ſeeke theſe roperipe termes, which betraie rather a foole, then commende a wiſe man[…]"
"Lord, hovv you roule in your rope-ripe termes."

Etymology

From rope + ripe.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more rope-ripe (comparative) most rope-ripe (superlative) roperipe (alternative)

Synonyms

gallows-ripe hangworthy

Questions

What does rope-ripe mean?: Of a person: deserving of being hanged.
Where does rope-ripe come from?: From rope + ripe.

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