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Definition of Moping
1. mope [v] - See also: mope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moping
Literary usage of Moping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"Fr. musser, to lurk, hide, keep close; mussette, mut, a corner to hide things; It.
muta d1 una lepre, the covert or form of a hare. The moping habits of a ..."
2. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Dusk, n. slightly dark, [ríen Duck'-ing, я. immersion of the Dump'-ten-ness, я.
а state of moping. [an apple boiled Dusk'-y, a. partially dark, obscure, ..."
3. Mutterings and Musings of an Invalid by Frederic Townsend (1851)
"Yes, even that were better than to sit here, moping, and groaning, and nursing
these horrible feelings, these cruel enemies of my peace. ..."
4. The Christian World: The Magazine of the American and Foreign Christian Union by American and Foreign Christian Union (1865)
"... or for any one to say for us, that the world is not our piece, but a cell;
that doing good is not our business, but moping behind bars and prison gates ..."
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