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. Mope
(Mope), v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
Mope
(Mope), n. A dull, spiritless person. Burton.
Mope-eyed
(Mope"-eyed`) a. Shortsighted; purblind.
Mopeful
(Mope"ful) a. Mopish. [R.]
Mopish
(Mop"ish) a. Dull; spiritless; dejected. — Mop"ish*ly, adv. — Mop"ish*ness, n.
Moplah
(Mop"lah) n. [Malayalam mapplia.] One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar.
Moppet
(Mop"pet) n. [From 3d Mop.]
1. A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.
2. (Zoöl.) A long-haired pet dog.
Mopsey
(Mop"sey, Mop"sy) n.
1. A moppet.
2. A slatternly, untidy woman. Halliwell.
Mopsical
(Mop"si*cal) a. Shortsighted; mope-eyed.
Mopstick
(Mop"stick`) n. The long handle of a mop.
Mopus
(Mo"pus) n. A mope; a drone. [Obs.] Swift.
Moquette
(||Mo*quette") n. [F.] A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Mora
(||Mor"a) n. [It.] A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the
hand, — much played by Italians of the lower classes.
Mora
(Mo"ra) n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its
timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
Mora
(||Mo"ra), n. [L.] (Rom. & Civil Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
