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droopy

UK/ˈdɹuːpi/ US/ˈdrupi/ rare

adjective

1.

hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

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Origin

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.

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