Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Moping}.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
To be dull and spiritless. ``Moping melancholy.'' --Milton.
A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mope \Mope\, v. t.
To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mope \Mope\, n.
A dull, spiritless person. --Burton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mope
n : someone who wastes time [syn: {dallier}, {dillydallier}, {lounger}]
v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: {mope around}]
2: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: {moon around}, {moon
about}]
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