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droopy

/ˈdɹuːpi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
droopy
IPA
/ˈdɹuːpi/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: drupi, drúpr

Inflected Forms

droopier (comparative) droopiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

droopily droopiness

Synonyms

drooping sagging

Rhymes With

snoopy whoopi loopy groupie whoopie lupi crupi tupy poopy soupy whoopee cupe

Questions

How do you pronounce droopy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹuːpi/.
What does droopy mean?
Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
Where does droopy come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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