ropery

ro·pery
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UK/ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/US/ˈɹoʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/

noun

Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.

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Meanings

nounropery (countable and uncountable, plural roperies)

plural roperies

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableAny form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.

    Marry, farewell! I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery?

    c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]
  2. countableuncountableA place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ropewalk

Origin

From rope + -ery.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ropery

moperysoaperytropery
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Anagrams

Perroy
Cite this entry
APA

ropery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ropery

MLA

“ropery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ropery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ropery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ropery.

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