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; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. “Moping melancholy.” Milton.
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A sickly part of one true sense
Could not so mope. Shak.
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Mope, n. A dull, spiritless person. Burton.
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