roupy 1[roo-pee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- affected with the disease roup.
Origin of roupy 1First recorded in 1715–25; roup1 + -y1 Related formsroup·i·ly, adverb roupy 2[roo-pee] adjective, roup·i·er, roup·i·est.
- hoarse or husky.
Origin of roupy 2First recorded in 1800–10; roup2 + -y1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roupy Historical Examples of roupy
I went out into the roupy raw December night pondering deeply.
John Galsworthy
When he stopped he found that the men stopped also, so he was compelled to march and play the whole way to Roupy.
Francis Darwin