coppy
coppy adjective: like or resembling a cop (police officer). Also the alternative form of coppice.
Adjective
coppy (comparative more coppy, superlative most coppy)
- Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
- "You'll get pinched if you try to go in swimming there," Jack warned. "You needn't think there are more no cops because you're out of New York. They have real coppy cops out here."1912, George Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts in a Motor Boat
Noun
coppy (plural coppies)
- A low stool.
Also used as
coppy is also the alternative form of coppice.
coppy is also the obsolete form of copy.
Forms of coppy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more coppy |
| superlative | most coppy |
| Noun | |
| plural | coppies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | coppies |
| present participle | coppying |
| past participle | coppied |
| past | coppied |
Origin of coppy
From cop + -y.
From a diminutive (with + -y) of Middle English *cop, found in Middle English copstole, copstule (“a kind of stool”).
From Middle English copy, a back-formation from copies, copyes, koppis (“coppice, copse”), mistaken as a plural.
Questions about coppy
- What does coppy mean?
- Coppy means like or resembling a cop (police officer).
- What part of speech is coppy?
- Coppy can be an adjective or a noun.
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