mope

== English == === Etymology === Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”). Alternatively, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe, themselves borrowed from Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”). Compare also German muffen, French moue. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /məʊp/ (General American) IPA(key): /moʊp/ Rhymes: -əʊp === Verb === mope (third-person singular simple present mopes, present participle moping, simple past and past participle moped) (intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === mope (plural mopes) The act of moping (archaic) A dull, spiritless person. Synonym: mopus (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay. 2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990s The porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman.[1] === See also === mope-eyed === Anagrams === poem, pome, poëm == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From Kari'na mope. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /moˈpe/, [mʊ̞ˈpɪ̞], [mɔ̝ˈpe̝] === Noun === mope hog plum, Spondias mombin ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: mopé == Yola == === Etymology === Cognate with English mope. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔːp/ === Noun === mope fool, astonished === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57