hempie (plural hempies)
(obsolete, Scotland, &, Northern England) A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
(obsolete, Scotland, &, Northern England) A rogue.
(obsolete, Scotland, &, Northern England) A wild, romping girl.
• (criminal): See criminal and gallows bird
• (rogue): See troublemaker
hempie (comparative more hempie, superlative most hempie)
(obsolete, Scotland, &, Northern England) Deserving of being hanged.
(obsolete, Scotland, &, Northern England) Wild; riotous; mischievous.
• (Deserving of being hanged): hangworthy
• Phemie, imphee
Source: Wiktionary
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
