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MOPING
Verb
moping
present participle of mope
Noun
moping (plural mopings)
The act of one who mopes.
Anagrams
• mpingo
Source: Wiktionary
MOPE
Mope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped; p. pr. & vb. n. Moping.] Etym: [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
Definition: To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton. A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.
Mope, v. t.
Definition: To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
Mope, n.
Definition: A dull, spiritless person. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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