hempy

[ hem-pee ]

adjectiveScot.
  1. mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.

Origin of hempy

1
1400–50; late Middle English hempi made of hemp (see hemp, -y1); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous

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