yampyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

名詞

yampy (plural yampies)

1. A vegetable, the Indian white yam.
   • 1970, Jamaica Journal, volumes 4-5, page iii:

     He made sure to mention that when Miss Essie had dug up the yampies she kept only one for herself, and took all the others to the village shop to give to the villagers.

語源 2

形容詞

yampy (comparative more yampy, superlative most yampy)

1. (West Midlands) Barmy; mad; daft.
   • 2012, Tad Williams, The Dirty Streets of Heaven (Bobby Dollar; 1):

     Them ghallu, they're dead yampy—completely mad.

   • 2013 November 13, Adam Smith, “Outraged parents go yampy over school's Black Country accent ban”, in The Telegraph & Argus‎:

同意語

• See Thesaurus:insane or Thesaurus:strange

名詞

yampy (plural yampies)

1. (West Midlands) A foolish person.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:fool