different between roy vs ropy

English

Etymology

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of loa, rajah, Rex, and rex.

Noun

roy (plural roys)

1. (obsolete, formal) A king.

Related terms

• viceroy

Adjective

roy

1. (obsolete) Royal.

Anagrams

• -ory, yor

French

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. (pre-1800) Obsolete spelling of roi

Further reading

• “roy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roi, rei, from Latin rex, regem.

Noun

roy m (plural roys)

1. king (male ruler)

Descendants

• French: roi, roy
  • Antillean Creole: wa
  • Guianese Creole: rwè
  • Haitian Creole: wa
    • (perhaps) ? Haitian Creole: lwa
      • ? English: loa
  • Karipúna Creole French: hué
  • Louisiana Creole French: rwa
  • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
• Norman:

  Continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey

  Guernsey: ré, roué

  Jersey: rouai

  Sark: rwe

Old French

Noun

roy m (oblique plural roys, nominative singular roys, nominative plural roy)

1. Alternative form of roi

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)

1. 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.

2. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
3. (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.

   • 2012, The Economist, Sept. 8th, "Emigration: On The Road"

     Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey, other data point in the same direction.

4. (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

1. inflection of ropa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.p?/

Noun

ropy f

1. genitive singular of ropa