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Definition of Mopes
1. Noun. An informal expression for a mildly depressed state. "Have the mopes"
Definition of Mopes
1. Verb. (third-person singular of mope) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mopes
1. mope [v] - See also: mope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mopes
Literary usage of Mopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... but has no sight: one day it capers and dances : the next it mopes and seems
ready to die. A'ov. 4. Sunday. This, to my fancy, is a very nice country. ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"The child mopes ; she muzzles about in the grass and chips. —Margaret. N. NABBER.
In the city of New York, a thief. NAKED POSSESSOR. ..."
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