roupy

¹

[ roo-pee ]

adjective

1. affected with the disease roup.

roupy

²

[ roo-pee ]

adjective

, roup·i·er, roup·i·est.

1. hoarse or husky.

Other Words From

• roupi·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of roupy¹

First recorded in 1715–25; roup ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of roupy²

First recorded in 1800–10; roup ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Down from Maissemy and Holnon Wood to Savy and Roupy he pressed forward against this line.

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By two o'clock the 28th Regiment advancing from Roupy by the road from Ham had carried the farmstead of L'Epine de Dallon; and almost simultaneously Count von der Groeben's infantry came up to renew the offensive.

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At the same time the 30th Brigade also advanced through Roupy on the right of the 29th.

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The Army-Reserve had arrived from Ham at Roupy, but General von Goeben, who from the latter place had been watching the slow progress of the 16th Division, had already sent it at eleven o'clock through S�raucourt to the support of that Division.

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When he stopped he found that the men stopped also, so he was compelled to march and play the whole way to Roupy.

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