Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MAP, v.2 Also mawp. Sc. forms and usages of Eng. mope (Ags. 1945–62). See P.L.D. § 54. As in Eng., to be in a listless, spiritless condition, to be sorry for oneself (Ags. 1945); of a bitch: to be in heat (Sc. a.1758 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 290). Ppl.adj. mappit, stupid, thick-headed (Abd., Ags., Per. 1962); exhausted, worn out (Ags. 1962); deriv. mawpie, -y, a listless, dreamy person (Cld. 1880 Jam.).
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