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lope
English
Etymology
Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??p/
- (US) IPA(key): /lo?p/
- Rhymes: -??p
- Homophone: Lop
Verb
lope (third-person singular simple present lopes, present participle loping, simple past and past participle loped)
- To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap.
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- 1621-22, Thomas Middleton et al, The Spanish Gypsy
- he that lopes on the ropes
Derived terms
- loper
Related terms
- elope
- interlope
Translations
Noun
lope (plural lopes)
- An easy pace with long strides.
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
- Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- LEPO, Pole, olpe, pleo-, pole
Afrikaans
Noun
lope
- plural of loop
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English rope.
Noun
lope
- rope
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
lope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lopen
Anagrams
- loep, poel
French
Etymology
Clipping of salope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?p/
Noun
lope f (plural lopes)
- (slang, derogatory) male homosexual
- (by extension, derogatory) cowardly, characterless man
Further reading
- “lope” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Inari Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Northern Sami lohpi.
Noun
lope
- promise
Inflection
Derived terms
- lopedi?
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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interloper
English
Etymology
1590s, from inter- +? loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, to jump”) (originally dialectal)). Originally spelt enterloper and used in specific sense “unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies”, later general sense of “self-interested intruder” from 1630s.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [??nt??l???p?]
- (US) IPA(key): [??????lo??p?], [??nt??lo??p?]
Noun
interloper (plural interlopers)
- (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
- One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
- They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave.
Related terms
- interlope
- lope
Translations
See also
References
Further reading
- Interloper in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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