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soople

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

supple

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete

Examples

  • "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.

Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

suitable

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

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