hempie

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged. Northern-England,Scotland,obsolete
  2. A rogue. Northern-England,Scotland,obsolete
    — 'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'
  3. A wild, romping girl. Northern-England,Scotland,obsolete
    — “Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”
形容词 adj.
  1. Deserving of being hanged. Northern-England,Scotland,obsolete
  2. Wild; riotous; mischievous. Northern-England,Scotland,obsolete
    — The forst one's just as prood as us, / Te see his bonny mate, / An' if thor spared te grow up lads, / They'll fettle real forst-rate; / But if like hempy lads they fight, / We'll heh to keep them doon, / An’ try te myek them byeth as gud / As ony in the toon.

词形变化

hempies plural hemp alternative hempy alternative more hempie comparative most hempie superlative hemp alternative hempy alternative

词源

词源 1
From hemp + -ie.
词源 2
From hemp + -ie.
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