HEMPY


Meaning of HEMPY in English

/hem"pee/ , adj. Scot.

mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.

[ 1400-50; late ME hempi made of hemp (see HEMP, -Y 1 ); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous ]

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