Mopier vs Momier - What's the difference?
mopier | momier |
(mopey)
Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
* 1888 , , Beechcroft at Rockstone , ch. 14:
* 1917 , , Anne's House of Dreams , ch. 11:
* 2003 , Michael Kinsley, "
(historical, derogatory) A strict Calvinist in Switzerland, France, or some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.
(Webster 1913)
As an adjective mopier
is (mopey).As a noun momier is
(historical|derogatory) a strict calvinist in switzerland, france, or some parts of germany, in the early part of the 19th century.mopier
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Adjective
(head)mopey
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Alternative forms
* mopyAdjective
(er)- [T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
- He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
Why Bush Angers Liberals," Time , 13 Oct.:
- In the 1980s, liberals nursed the fear that we really might be dwelling in an irrelevant cul-de-sac outside of the majority American culture. That kept us sullen and mopey .