Definition of Mopsy

1. Proper noun. Nickname for a person with a mop of hair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mopsy

1. a woman who wears dowdy clothes [n MOPSIES]

Medical Definition of Mopsy

1. 1. A moppet. 2. A slatternly, untidy woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mopsy

mopper
moppers
moppet
moppetry
moppets
moppier
moppiest
mopping
mopping up
moppy
mops
mops up
mopsies
mopstick
mopsticks
mopsy
moptop
moptops
mopungite
mopus
mopuses
mopwater
mopy
mopying
moqueca
moquecas
moquette
moquettes
mor
mora

Literary usage of Mopsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Thomas a Kempis, Imit. of Christ (trans.), i. 3. mops, mopsy .... Also mopsy-eyi'd. What a inope-cy'd ass was I, I could not know her ! ..."

2. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"She held out her hand, and called it by its name, and, would you believe it? it no sooner heard her voice than it came scampering up.—Poor Mopsy, said she, ..."

3. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1895)
"Bismarck and Mopsy; 4 Bell; 5 Rose ; 20 to 100 others. Won by head ; 4 lengths bet. 2d and 3d. Time, 1:20%. 6 Puree $300. Selling. 1 mile. ..."

4. World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: One Hundred and Eighty-seven by William James Sly (1914)
"There too were the maids and servants in their queer clothes, and Mopsy, ... At the same moment all the maids and servants, and even Mopsy, awoke and looked ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Thomas a Kempis, Imit. of Christ (trans.), i. 3. mops, mopsy .... Also mopsy-eyi'd. What a inope-cy'd ass was I, I could not know her ! ..."

6. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"She held out her hand, and called it by its name, and, would you believe it? it no sooner heard her voice than it came scampering up.—Poor Mopsy, said she, ..."

7. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1895)
"Bismarck and Mopsy; 4 Bell; 5 Rose ; 20 to 100 others. Won by head ; 4 lengths bet. 2d and 3d. Time, 1:20%. 6 Puree $300. Selling. 1 mile. ..."

8. World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: One Hundred and Eighty-seven by William James Sly (1914)
"There too were the maids and servants in their queer clothes, and Mopsy, ... At the same moment all the maids and servants, and even Mopsy, awoke and looked ..."

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