Mōpe1, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. MOPED (mōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. MOPING.] [Cf. D. moppen, to pout.] To be very stupid; to be dull; to drowse; to be spiritless or gloomy. “Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy.” Milton.
Or but a sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.