hempy
American
[hem-pee]
/ ˈhɛm pi /
adjective
Scot.
Etymology
Origin of hempy
1400–50; late Middle English hempi made of hemp ( see hemp, -y 1); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous
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