What does "mope" mean?
Mope: To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton. A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
- 3.A dull, spiritless person. Burton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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