Word.ws English Dictionary

ropery

Syllables: ro·peryUK/ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/US/ˈɹoʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/

ropery noun: any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.

Noun

ropery (countable and uncountable, plural roperies)

  1. (obsolete) Any 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...
  2. A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

ropery meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ropery in Tamil

கயிறுதிரிக்குந்தொழில்

ropery in Bengali

ব্যবহৃত যেকোনো ধরনের ভাষা, অপবাদ, দড়ি তৈরির কারখানা

Forms of ropery

pluralroperies

Origin of ropery

From rope + -ery.

Words that rhyme with ropery

Questions about ropery

What does ropery mean?
Ropery means any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
What is ropery in Tamil?
Ropery in Tamil is கயிறுதிரிக்குந்தொழில். See Ropery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ropery?
Ropery is a noun.
How do you pronounce ropery?
Ropery is pronounced /ˈɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of ropery?
The plural of ropery is roperies.

Words near ropery in the dictionary

  1. roper-in
  2. roperies
  3. roperipe
  4. ropers
  5. ropers-in
  6. ropery
  7. ropes
  8. ropes course
  9. ropes courses
  10. Ropes Crossing
  11. ropes in

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ropery (page history and authors); ropery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ropery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ropery.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ropery. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.