hempy

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hempy, hempi, equivalent to hemp +‎ -y. Doublet of cannabic.

Adjective

hempy (comparative more hempy, superlative most hempy)

Like hemp.
- 1655, James Howell, Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume (please specify the page), 3rd edition, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], OCLC 84295516:
  the rind and the Tree there is a Cotton, or hempy kind of Moss

Noun

hempy (plural hempies)

Alternative spelling of hempie

Adjective

hempy (comparative more hempy, superlative most hempy)

Alternative spelling of hempie

Anagrams

Phemy

Scots

Noun

hempy (plural hempies)

Alternative spelling of hempie

Adjective

hempy (comparative mair hempy, superlative maist hempy)

Alternative spelling of hempie

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