"droopy" meaning in English

See droopy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹuːpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-droopy.wav Forms: droopier [comparative], droopiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːpi Etymology: Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|drupi|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English drupi, {{inh+|en|enm|drupi}} Inherited from Middle English drupi, {{der|en|non|drúpr|t=drooping sadness}} Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”), {{cog|enm|drupen}} Middle English drupen, {{surf|en|droop|-y|id2=adjectival}} By surface analysis, droop + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} droopy (comparative droopier, superlative droopiest)
  1. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting. Derived forms: droopily, droopiness Translations (sagging): asılı (Azerbaijani), tombant (French), abattu (French), fané (French), сви́снат (svísnat) (Macedonian), mohemohe (Maori), schlaup (Plautdietsch), caído (Spanish), colgón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-droopy-en-adj-LYYKaFKr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Spanish translations

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