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hempy

[ hem-pee ]

adjective

, Scot.
  1. mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hempy1

1400–50; late Middle English hempi made of hemp ( hemp, -y 1 ); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous

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