mopsy

See also: Mopsy

English

Alternative forms

• mopsey

Etymology

From mop +‎ -sy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒpsi/

Noun

mopsy (plural mopsies)

1. Synonym of moppet.
2. (obsolete) A slatternly, untidy woman.
   • 1583, P. Stubbes, The Puritan's Anatomie of Abuses:

     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 darcke

   • 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:

     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, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.

Derived terms

• Mopsy

 

References

• “mopsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• PMOYS, myops, yomps

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔp.sɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɔpsɘ
• Syllabification: mop‧sy

Noun

mopsy m animal

1. nominative plural of mops
2. accusative plural of mops
3. vocative plural of mops