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mopish

[moh-pish] / ˈmoʊ pɪʃ /






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These give an insight into the physical and mental anxieties of Shakespearean England - whether being "thrust with a rapier in his privy parts" or suffering from being "mopish" or "melancholy".

From BBC ● May 15, 2019

In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Then what makes you so infernally mopish and melancholy?"

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

"Look here, Phil," he declared, "if you want to be as mopish as a mildewed owl yourself, that is no reason why you should try to make me so too."

From The Puritans by Arlo Bates

"I never saw you so mopish," angrily exclaimed Mrs. Gray, "never!"

From Rachel Gray by Julia Kavanagh




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