ropey, ropy
(adjective) (British informal) very poor in quality; “ropey food”; “a ropey performance”
ropy, ropey, stringy, thready
(adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads
ropy, ropey
(adjective) of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ropiest
superlative form of ropy: most ropy
• Epirots, Prietos, isopter, periost, periots, porites, portise, positer, prostie, reposit, riposte
Source: Wiktionary
Rop"y, a.
Definition: capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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.
