moped

noun, adj — 2 senses

moped

noun

UK /ˈməʊ.pɛd/ · US /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

Etymology Borrowed from Swedish moped.

1

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

He took his moped into work.

Derived terms: e-moped, go-ped
Related terms: scooter

moped

adj

UK /məʊpt/ · US /moʊpt/

Etymology From mope + -ed.

1

Melancholic, dejected.

it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad[…]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter I, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition iii, section 1, member 2:

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