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Mopsy¹

Where it comes from

From mop + -sy. From mopsy, from mop. Compare moppet.

proper noun Mopsys · Mopsyes · Mopsies

  1. A nickname for a person with a mop of hair.
  2. A given name for a pet animal; stereotypically a shaggy animal looking somewhat like a mop head; frequently a shaggy dog.

mopsy²

  • /ˈmɒpsi/

Where it comes from

From mop + -sy.

noun mopsies · mopsey

  1. Synonym of moppet.

    Similar: moppet

  2. obsolete A slatternly, untidy woman. 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

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@misc{mopsy_2026,
  title = {mopsy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mopsy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}