These are the meanings of the letters ROOPY when you unscramble them.
- Poor (n.)
A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
- Poor (superl.)
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
- Poor (superl.)
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
- Poor (superl.)
Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
- Poor (superl.)
Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
- Poor (superl.)
Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- Poor (superl.)
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
- Poor (superl.)
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
- Poor (superl.)
So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- Poor (superl.)
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
- Poor (superl.)
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
- Poor (superl.)
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
- Poor (superl.)
Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
- Pyro (n.)
Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.
- Ropy (a.)
capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.