mopus1 (mopus)

[A Latinized form of mope or mop1.] A mope; a drone. I'm grown a mere mopus ; no company comes But a rabble of tenants. Swift , The Grand Question Debated. mopus2 (mop'us), n .; pl. mopu es (-ez). [Also mawpus : said to be a corruption of the name of Sir Giles Mompe on , a monopolist notorious in the reign of James I.] Money: usually in the plural. [Slang.]