mope

Etymology
Late (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to.

Alternatively, of origin, related to 🇨🇬,  🇨🇬, themselves borrowed from, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
 * 2)  To make spiritless and stupid.

Translations

 * Catalan:, ,
 * Mandarin: 懶散的
 * Chinese:
 * Czech: být jako tělo bez duše, být sklíčený
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: piangersi addosso
 * Maori: wherū
 * Slovak: zhrýzať sa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) The act of moping
 * 2)  A dull, spiritless person.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4) * 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)  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.
 * 2) * 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.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fool, astonished