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soople

soople adjective: supple.

Adjective

soople (comparative more soople, superlative most soople)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) supple
    • "Anither New Sang" http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/16459/criteria/fishing
      Ye think our questions to evade,
      An weel ye ken that soople trade,
      But Saunder's isna just the blade,
      That ye can flam wi' butter.
  2. (dialectal) suitable
    • Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander"
      He's a right scholar, can write so small you can scarcely see it; younger nor I am, and more soople, sir, oh, far more soople.

Forms of soople

comparativemore soople
superlativemost soople

Questions about soople

What does soople mean?
Soople means supple.
What part of speech is soople?
Soople is an adjective.

Words near soople in the dictionary

  1. soonness
  2. Soons
  3. sooo
  4. soop
  5. sooper
  6. soople
  7. soopolallie
  8. soopolallies
  9. soops
  10. sooq
  11. sooqs

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