mopsyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒpsi/, U.S.

/ˈmɑpsi/

Forms: 1500s– mopsy, 1600s–1700s mopsie, 1700s mapsie, 1800s mopsey.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mop n.¹, -sy suffix².

Etymology: Probably < mop n.¹ + -sy suffix². With sense 1 compare earlier mops n.¹ With sense 3 compare later moppet n.² 3 and perhaps also mops n.²; this sense may perhaps be influenced by German Mops (see mops n.²).

1. A pretty child; a darling, a sweetheart (frequently as a term of endearment). Also (depreciative): a shallow or frivolous woman. Cf. moppet n.² 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 Thee mopsy [sc. the infant Ascanius] her phantasye lurcheth.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Mii Borrowed for the most parte of their pretie Mopsies & loouing Besses.

1681 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode ii. 17 Rebecca, Susan, Katharine, The loveliest Mopsies, e'r were seen.

1705 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iv. i Jacin. But don't expect I'll follow her Example. San. You would, Mopsie, if I'd let you.

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. x. 10 These mix'd with Brewers, and their Mopsies.

1800 C. Lamb in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 198 You encouraged that mopsey, Miss Wesley, to dance after you, in the hope of having her nonsense put into a nonsensical Anthology.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) I. 357 Moppet, Mopsy, a term of endearment used to children.

1916 A. Bennett These Twain xviii. 406 I always knew that girl was a mopsy slut.

1931 N. Duddington tr. M. E. Shchedrin Golovlyov Family i. 35 ‘What else would you do if you were rich?’ ‘Then I would at once take a mopsy.’

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 140/5 Poor Swann's pain and frustration..are a simpler matter, Odette de Crécy being the most commonplace of lying mopsies and a born torturer of the sensitive.

2. slang and English regional (northern and East Anglian). A dowdy, dirty, or untidy woman. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > woman or girl

slut1402

dawa1500

drab?1518

dawkin1565

suss?1565

mab1568

drassock1573

daggle-tail1577

drossel1581

driggle-draggle1588

draggle-tail1596

soss1611

slatternc1640

slutterya1652

feague1664

traipse1676

drazel1678

mopsy1699

dab1736

slammerkin1737

rubbacrock1746

trollop1753

dratchell1755

heap1806

dolly-mop1834

sozzle1848

tat1936

scrubber1959

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mopsie, a Dowdy, or Homely Woman.

c1785 John Thompson's Man 14 If you wed an old mapsie, murlie..deformed Creature to be thy Wife.

1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II 194 Mopsy, a slattern.

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Mopsy, a slatternly mawther.

a1903 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 159/2 [E. Suffolk] Mopsy [a slattern].

†3. A woolly dog. Cf. moppet n.² 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1740 T. Tickell Poems (1931) 228 Thee e'en Pug thy Rival mourns..For Thee poor Mopsy whindles round the Room.

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Mopsey, a woolly variety of dog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mopsy
释义	mopsyn. Brit. /ˈmɒpsi/, U.S. /ˈmɑpsi/ Forms: 1500s– mopsy, 1600s–1700s mopsie, 1700s mapsie, 1800s mopsey. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mop n.¹, -sy suffix². Etymology: Probably < mop n.¹ + -sy suffix². With sense 1 compare earlier mops n.¹ With sense 3 compare later moppet n.² 3 and perhaps also mops n.²; this sense may perhaps be influenced by German Mops (see mops n.²). 1. A pretty child; a darling, a sweetheart (frequently as a term of endearment). Also (depreciative): a shallow or frivolous woman. Cf. moppet n.² 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 Thee mopsy [sc. the infant Ascanius] her phantasye lurcheth. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Mii Borrowed for the most parte of their pretie Mopsies & loouing Besses. 1681 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode ii. 17 Rebecca, Susan, Katharine, The loveliest Mopsies, e'r were seen. 1705 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iv. i Jacin. But don't expect I'll follow her Example. San. You would, Mopsie, if I'd let you. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. x. 10 These mix'd with Brewers, and their Mopsies. 1800 C. Lamb in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 198 You encouraged that mopsey, Miss Wesley, to dance after you, in the hope of having her nonsense put into a nonsensical Anthology. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) I. 357 Moppet, Mopsy, a term of endearment used to children. 1916 A. Bennett These Twain xviii. 406 I always knew that girl was a mopsy slut. 1931 N. Duddington tr. M. E. Shchedrin Golovlyov Family i. 35 ‘What else would you do if you were rich?’ ‘Then I would at once take a mopsy.’ 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 140/5 Poor Swann's pain and frustration..are a simpler matter, Odette de Crécy being the most commonplace of lying mopsies and a born torturer of the sensitive. 2. slang and English regional (northern and East Anglian). A dowdy, dirty, or untidy woman. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > woman or girl slut1402 dawa1500 drab?1518 dawkin1565 suss?1565 mab1568 drassock1573 daggle-tail1577 drossel1581 driggle-draggle1588 draggle-tail1596 soss1611 slatternc1640 slutterya1652 feague1664 traipse1676 drazel1678 mopsy1699 dab1736 slammerkin1737 rubbacrock1746 trollop1753 dratchell1755 heap1806 dolly-mop1834 sozzle1848 tat1936 scrubber1959 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mopsie, a Dowdy, or Homely Woman. c1785 John Thompson's Man 14 If you wed an old mapsie, murlie..deformed Creature to be thy Wife. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II 194 Mopsy, a slattern. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Mopsy, a slatternly mawther. a1903 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 159/2 [E. Suffolk] Mopsy [a slattern]. †3. A woolly dog. Cf. moppet n.² 3. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1740 T. Tickell Poems (1931) 228 Thee e'en Pug thy Rival mourns..For Thee poor Mopsy whindles round the Room. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Mopsey, a woolly variety of dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582
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