Mopiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being mopey. uncountable

    "And if his briskness in Chopin’s famous Funeral March restored dignity to the usual mopiness, much of the rest of the concert hung somewhere between a deeply musical evening and a day at the races."

Example

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"And if his briskness in Chopin’s famous Funeral March restored dignity to the usual mopiness, much of the rest of the concert hung somewhere between a deeply musical evening and a day at the races."

Etymology

From mopy + -ness.

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