† mopusn.¹

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: mope n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of mope n., after Latin nouns ending in -us. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mō^u·pɒ̆s) /ˈməʊpəs/.

Obsolete.

A simpleton; a dull, stupid, or ineffectual person; = mope n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

long-ear?a1300

stock1303

buzzard1377

mis-feelinga1382

dasarta1400

stonea1400

dasiberd14..

dottlec1400

doddypoll1401

dastardc1440

dotterel1440

dullardc1440

wantwit1449

jobardc1475

nollc1475

assheada1500

mulea1500

dull-pate15..

peak1509

dulbert?a1513

doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

dull-head?1534

capon1542

dolt1543

blockhead1549

cod's head1549

mome1550

grout-head1551

gander1553

skit-brains?1553

blocka1556

calfa1556

tomfool1565

dunce1567

druggard1569

cobble1570

dummel1570

Essex calf1573

jolthead1573

hardhead1576

beetle-head1577

dor-head1577

groutnoll1578

grosshead1580

thickskin1582

noddyship?1589

jobbernowl1592

beetle-brain1593

Dorbel1593

oatmeal-groat1594

loggerhead1595

block-pate1598

cittern-head1598

noddypoop1598

dorbellist1599

numps1599

dor1601

stump1602

ram-head1605

look-like-a-goose1606

ruff1606

clod1607

turf1607

asinego1609

clot-poll1609

doddiea1611

druggle1611

duncecomb1612

ox-head1613

clod-polla1616

dulman1615

jolterhead1620

bullhead1624

dunderwhelpa1625

dunderhead1630

macaroona1631

clod-patea1635

clota1637

dildo1638

clot-pate1640

stupid1640

clod-head1644

stub1644

simpletonian1652

bottle-head1654

Bœotiana1657

vappe1657

lackwit1668

cudden1673

plant-animal1673

dolt-head1679

cabbage head1682

put1688

a piece of wood1691

ouphe1694

dunderpate1697

numbskull1697

leather-head1699

nocky1699

Tom Cony1699

mopus1700

bluff-head1703

clod skull1707

dunny1709

dowf1722

stupe1722

gamphrel1729

gobbin?1746

duncehead1749

half-wit1755

thick-skull1755

jackass1756

woollen-head1756

numbhead1757

beef-head1775

granny1776

stupid-head1792

stunpolla1794

timber-head1794

wether heada1796

dummy1796

noghead1800

staumrel1802

muttonhead1803

num1807

dummkopf1809

tumphya1813

cod's head and shoulders1820

stoopid1823

thick-head1824

gype1825

stob1825

stookiea1828

woodenhead1831

ning-nong1832

log-head1834

fat-head1835

dunderheadism1836

turnip1837

mudhead1838

donkey1840

stupex1843

cabbage1844

morepork1845

lubber-head1847

slowpoke1847

stupiditarian1850

pudding-head1851

cod's head and shoulders1852

putty head1853

moke1855

mullet-head1855

pothead1855

mug1857

thick1857

boodle1862

meathead1863

missing link1863

half-baked1866

lunk1867

turnip-head1869

rummy1872

pumpkin-head1876

tattie1879

chump1883

dully1883

cretin1884

lunkhead1884

mopstick1886

dumbhead1887

peanut head1891

pie-face1891

doughbakea1895

butt-head1896

pinhead1896

cheesehead1900

nyamps1900

box head1902

bonehead1903

chickenhead1903

thickwit1904

cluck1906

boob1907

John1908

mooch1910

nitwit1910

dikkop1913

goop1914

goofus1916

rumdum1916

bone dome1917

moron1917

oik1917

jabroni1919

dumb-bell1920

knob1920

goon1921

dimwit1922

ivory dome1923

stone jug1923

dingleberry1924

gimp1924

bird brain1926

jughead1926

cloth-head1927

dumb1928

gazook1928

mouldwarp1928

ding-dong1929

stupido1929

mook1930

sparrow-brain1930

knobhead1931

dip1932

drip1932

epsilon1932

bohunkus1933

Nimrod1933

dumbass1934

zombie1936

pea-brain1938

knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

lame-brain1945

gobshite1946

rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

dickhead1960

dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

dipshit1963

bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

a1635 T. Randolph Drinking Acad. (1930) iii. ii. 16 Mopus prethee giue me 3 pence in ballats picke me out thos with the best pictures.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia iii. xvi. 149 A pitiful Mopus Informer,..Ever complaining, but never a Gainer.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) A meer Mopus grown, become dispirited, dull and Stupid.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 32 Dids't thou not hear me, Mopus?

1729 J. Swift Grand Quest. 27 I'm grown a mere mopus; no company comes But a rabble of tenants and rusty dull rums.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mopus,..a drone, a dreamer.

?1865 J. A. Ferguson Moudywarp 7 Wheer's that mopus ov a lad gooan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

mopusn.²

Brit.

/ˈməʊpəs/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊpəs/

Forms: 1700s– mopus. Plural 1700s–1800s mopusses, 1800s mawpuses (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1800s– mopuses.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Dutch moppen (plural) money (probably a specific use of mop : see moppie n.), or German Möpse (plural, colloquial) money (perhaps a specific use of Mops mops n.²).

slang. Now archaic and rare.

A coin of small value; a halfpenny; a farthing; (in plural) money.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > [noun]

silverc825

feec870

pennieseOE

wortheOE

mintOE

scata1122

spense?c1225

spendinga1290

sumc1300

gooda1325

moneya1325

cattlec1330

muckc1330

reasona1382

pecunyc1400

gilt1497

argentc1500

gelta1529

Mammon1539

ale silver1541

scruff1559

the sinews of war1560

sterling1565

lour1567

will-do-all1583

shell1591

trasha1592

quinyie1596

brass1597

pecuniary1604

dust1607

nomisma1614

countera1616

cross and pilea1625

gingerbreada1625

rhinoa1628

cash1646

grig1657

spanker1663

cole1673

goree1699

mopus1699

quid1699

ribbin1699

bustle1763

necessary1772

stuff1775

needfula1777

iron1785

(the) Spanish1788

pecuniar1793

kelter1807

dibs1812

steven1812

pewter1814

brad1819

pogue1819

rent1823

stumpy1828

posh1830

L. S. D.1835

rivetc1835

tin1836

mint sauce1839

nobbins1846

ochre1846

dingbat1848

dough1848

cheese1850

California1851

mali1851

ducat1853

pay dirt1853

boodle?1856

dinero1856

scad1856

the shiny1856

spondulicks1857

rust1858

soap1860

sugar1862

coin1874

filthy1876

wampum1876

ooftish1877

shekel1883

oil1885

oof1885

mon1888

Jack1890

sploshc1890

bees and honey1892

spending-brass1896

stiff1897

mazuma1900

mazoom1901

cabbage1903

lettuce1903

Oscar Asche1905

jingle1906

doubloons1908

kale1912

scratch1914

green1917

oscar1917

snow1925

poke1926

oodle1930

potatos1931

bread1935

moolah1936

acker1939

moo1941

lolly1943

loot1943

poppy1943

mazoola1944

dosh1953

bickies1966

lovely jubbly1990

scrilla1994

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mopus, a half Penny or Farthing.

1769 Stratford Jubilee ii. i. 32 If she [sc. a rich widow] has the mopus's, I'll have her, as snug as a bug in a rug.

1798 Geraldina I. 44 You have got the mopusses, the ready.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 373 Without the mopuses to pay for your call, the demand will be like Owen Glendower's demand for ‘spirits from the vasty deep’.

1841 ‘B. Gaultier’ in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 222/1 Who'd..slily to my fob repair, And leave me not a mopus there?

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 44 Look to the pewter room, Blowser. You, Mark, to the old gaff's mopus box!

1892 M. Williams Round London i. iii. 36 They haven't got any mopusses.

1980 A. Clerk Suffer Little Children 16 When we'd collected them and finished, the folks gone in, I should be given a mopus and he'd have an extra pint.

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

† mopusn.³

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Caribbean. Obsolete.

In Barbados: the red knot, Calidris canutus.

ΚΠ

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 78 Of the Mopuses. There are three Sorts of these..the Large, the Small, and the Hiding Mopus.

1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 681 Tringa canutus, Linn. The Mopus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

n.¹a1635

n.²1699

n.³1750

单词	mopus
释义	† mopusn.¹ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: mope n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of mope n., after Latin nouns ending in -us. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mō^u·pɒ̆s) /ˈməʊpəs/. Obsolete. A simpleton; a dull, stupid, or ineffectual person; = mope n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- a1635 T. Randolph Drinking Acad. (1930) iii. ii. 16 Mopus prethee giue me 3 pence in ballats picke me out thos with the best pictures. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia iii. xvi. 149 A pitiful Mopus Informer,..Ever complaining, but never a Gainer. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) A meer Mopus grown, become dispirited, dull and Stupid. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 32 Dids't thou not hear me, Mopus? 1729 J. Swift Grand Quest. 27 I'm grown a mere mopus; no company comes But a rabble of tenants and rusty dull rums. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mopus,..a drone, a dreamer. ?1865 J. A. Ferguson Moudywarp 7 Wheer's that mopus ov a lad gooan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). mopusn.² Brit. /ˈməʊpəs/, U.S. /ˈmoʊpəs/ Forms: 1700s– mopus. Plural 1700s–1800s mopusses, 1800s mawpuses (English regional (Lincolnshire)), 1800s– mopuses. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to Dutch moppen (plural) money (probably a specific use of mop : see moppie n.), or German Möpse (plural, colloquial) money (perhaps a specific use of Mops mops n.²). slang. Now archaic and rare. A coin of small value; a halfpenny; a farthing; (in plural) money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Mopus, a half Penny or Farthing. 1769 Stratford Jubilee ii. i. 32 If she [sc. a rich widow] has the mopus's, I'll have her, as snug as a bug in a rug. 1798 Geraldina I. 44 You have got the mopusses, the ready. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 373 Without the mopuses to pay for your call, the demand will be like Owen Glendower's demand for ‘spirits from the vasty deep’. 1841 ‘B. Gaultier’ in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 222/1 Who'd..slily to my fob repair, And leave me not a mopus there? 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 44 Look to the pewter room, Blowser. You, Mark, to the old gaff's mopus box! 1892 M. Williams Round London i. iii. 36 They haven't got any mopusses. 1980 A. Clerk Suffer Little Children 16 When we'd collected them and finished, the folks gone in, I should be given a mopus and he'd have an extra pint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mopusn.³ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Caribbean. Obsolete. In Barbados: the red knot, Calidris canutus. ΚΠ 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 78 Of the Mopuses. There are three Sorts of these..the Large, the Small, and the Hiding Mopus. 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 681 Tringa canutus, Linn. The Mopus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹a1635n.²1699n.³1750
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