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hempen.

Made of hemp

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhɛmpən/Canada
  1. Made of hemp

    dated · not-comparable
  2. Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.

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