word: ropable
context:
PC [Farias, the political campaign treasurer of Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello] called himself the president’s best friend. Sometimes, after a few bottles of French champagne in the evening, he said, I give Fernando his orders. This got into the papers and Fernando was ropable. For the first and last time he threatened to break with PC.
definition (Merriam-Webster): in a bad temper
source:
A Death in Brazil: a book of omissions
by Peter Robb
2004. A John McRae Book / Henry Holt & Co., New York
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