Roopy vs Droopy - What's the difference?
roopy | droopy |
Hoarse.
*1863 , Charles Dickens, David Copperfield :
*1934 , P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves :
As adjectives the difference between roopy and droopy
is that roopy is hoarse while droopy is tending to droop; sagging; wilting.roopy
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)- But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.
- It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy . If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.