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scopy

scopy is the alternative form of scopey.

Meaning of scopey

Adjective

scopey (comparative more scopey, superlative most scopey)

  1. Of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.
    • There’s no rush, he’s only four, he’s big and scopey and when he jumps fences, he’ll be really exciting.2015 October 9, Chris Cook, “Horse by horse guide to Paul Nicholls’ stable for the new jumps season”, in The Guardian

Forms of scopy

comparativemore scopy
superlativemost scopy

Origin of scopy

From scope + -y.

Questions about scopy

What is scopy the alternative form of?
Scopy is the alternative form of scopey.

Words near scopy in the dictionary

  1. scopuliferous
  2. scopuliform
  3. scopulous
  4. Scopus
  5. Scopwick
  6. scopy
  7. scorable
  8. scoracious
  9. scorbic
  10. Scorbus
  11. scorbut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scopy (page history and authors); scopey (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.

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