Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hempie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hempie
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete

noun

A wild, romping girl.

Obsolete

adj

Deserving of being hanged.

Obsolete

adj

Wild; riotous; mischievous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'"
"“Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”"
"The forst one's just as prood as us, / Te see his bonny mate, / An' if thor spared te grow up lads, / They'll fettle real forst-rate; / But if like hempy lads they ﬁght, / We'll heh to keep them doon, / An’ try te myek them byeth as gud / As ony in the toon."

Etymology

From hemp + -ie.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hemp

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hempies (plural) hemp (alternative) hempy (alternative) more hempie (comparative) most hempie (superlative)

Synonyms

criminal and Thesaurus:gallows bird troublemaker hangworthy

Questions

What does hempie mean?: A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
Where does hempie come from?: From hemp + -ie.

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