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mope

  [mohp] verb, moped, mop⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
–noun
3. a person who mopes or is given to moping.
4. mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
Origin:
1560–70; var. of mop 2

Related forms:
moper, noun
mop⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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mope   (mōp)   
intr.v.   moped, mop·ing, mopes

    1. To be gloomy or dejected.

    2. To brood or sulk. See Synonyms at brood.

  2. To move in a leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle.

n.  

  1. A person given to gloomy or dejected moods.

  2. mopes Low spirits; the blues. Often used with the.


[Origin unknown.]
mop'er n., mop'ish, mop'ey adj., mop'ish·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
mope [mop]

  1. n.
    a tired and ineffectual person. : I can't afford to pay mopes around here. Get to work or get out!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mope 
1568, the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (cf. Low Ger. mopen "to sulk," Du. moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Dan. maabe "to mope").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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