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mopish

[ moh-pish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of mopish¹

First recorded in 1615–25; mope + -ish ¹

It drives out instantly from Romeo a sentimental love that had made him mopish and wan.

If I hadn't known you before, I should have thought you were tiresome and mopish and had no spirit.

And yet I have not been very mopish and melancholy; have I, Bell?

I had an article to write for the "Atlantic," but felt mopish and could not write.

They certainly were not those of a woman plunged in inconsolable grief, for she was neither mopish nor artificially gay.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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