different between ropy vs roky
ropy
English
Alternative forms
- ropey
Etymology
From Middle English ropy, from rope + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????pi/
- Rhymes: -??pi
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
- Hence, myofascial pain is usually associated with a taut band, indicating a "ropey" thickening of muscle tissue.
- Myofascial Syndrome
- Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
- (Britain, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
- Synonyms: inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell
- 1845, Thomas Hood, “The Captain’s Cow”:
- The very poultry in the coop
Began to pine away and droop—
The cock was first to go;
And glad we were on all our parts,
He used to damp our very hearts
With such a ropy crow.
- The very poultry in the coop
- 2012, The Economist, Sept. 8th, "Emigration: On The Road"
- Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey, other data point in the same direction.
- (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
Related terms
- rope
Translations
Anagrams
- opry, pory, pyro, pyro-
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rop?/
Noun
ropy
- inflection of ropa:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?.p?/
Noun
ropy f
- genitive singular of ropa
ropy From the web:
- what's ropy mean
- what's ropy saliva
- what does ropey mean
- what is ropy milk
- what is ropy lava
- propylene glycol
- what are ropy muscles
- what causes ropy milk
roky
English
Etymology
roke +? -y
Adjective
roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)
- (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
- 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:
- They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.
- 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:
References
1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used
Anagrams
- Kory, York, york
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rok?]
Noun
roky
- nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok
roky From the web:
- rocky means
- roku tv
- what killed roky erickson
- what does roky mean
- what does roku do
- what did roky erickson die of
- roku pay
- what does roku have
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