Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adroop

/əˈdɹuːp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: adroop
IPA: /əˈdɹuːp/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it.

Example Sentences

"Not seldom in this life, when, on the right side, fortune’s favourites sail close by us, we, though all adroop before, catch somewhat of the rushing breeze, and joyfully feel our bagging sails fill out."
"His friend Lou looked dismal in the rain, hat brim adroop, eyebrows soggy,"
"2005, John Banville, The Sea, Leicester: W. F. Howes, Part 2, p. 187, For a second I had that image of myself again, hunched hugely on my chair, pink lower lip adroop and enormous hands lying helplessly before me on the table, a great ape, captive, tranquillised and bleary."
"fair long rows of orchard trees, adroop with rosy fruit"
"a crushed stone walk between hedges adroop with riotously colored fruits"
"a drive adroop with Spanish moss from the pillared veranda of an antebellum mansion"

Etymology

From a- + droop.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Questions

How do you pronounce adroop?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdɹuːp/.
What does adroop mean?: Drooping.
Where does adroop come from?: From a- + droop.

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