mopsy
/ˈmɒpsi/
mopsy noun: synonym of moppet.
Noun
mopsy (plural mopsies)
- Synonym of moppet.
- Synonyms:
- moppet
- A slatternly, untidy woman.
- rich hande-kercheefes, in their handes, and sometymes laied acrosse over their shoulders and neckes, borrowed for the moste parte of their pretie Mopsies and loovyng Bessies for bussyng them in the darcke1583, P. Stubbes, The Puritan's Anatomie of Abuses
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep...1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix
Proper noun capitalized: Mopsy
Mopsy (plural Mopsys or Mopsyes or Mopsies)
- A nickname for a person with a mop of hair.
- A given name for a pet animal; stereotypically a shaggy animal looking somewhat like a mop head; frequently a shaggy dog.
Synonyms of mopsy
Forms of mopsy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mopsies |
| alternative form | mopsey |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mopsys |
| plural | Mopsyes |
| plural | Mopsies |
Origin of mopsy
From mop + -sy.
From mop + -sy. From mopsy, from mop. Compare moppet.
Questions about mopsy
- What does mopsy mean?
- Mopsy means synonym of moppet.
- What part of speech is mopsy?
- Mopsy can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mopsy?
- Mopsy is pronounced /ˈmɒpsi/.
- What is the plural of mopsy?
- The plural of mopsy is mopsies.
Words near mopsy in the dictionary
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