ROPY

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

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Etymology

Adjective

ropy (comparative ropier or more ropy, superlative ropiest or most ropy)

Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.

• Myofascial Syndrome

Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.

(British, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.

Synonyms: inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell

(of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

Anagrams

• opry, pory, pyro, pyro-

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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