mopery, n. colloq.
(ˈməʊpərɪ)
[f. mope v. + -ery.]
Mopish behaviour; a fit of moping.
| 1907 McClure's Mag. XXVIII. 380/1 Come along, children, before the boogie man sloughs you in the skookum for mopery! 1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 369 Tom's little moperies came very near at times to being a little mad. 1961 [see book n. 10 d]. 1976 New Musical Express 12 Feb. 24/2 All that mopery and Ooooh, it's so hard and lonely at the top. |