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Gender Feminine
Usage Theatre, Literature
Meaning & History
Possibly a feminine form of Mopsus, or a derivative of the Dutch word mops "pug dog" (and formerly, by extension, "country lout"). This was used by Sir Philip Sidney for a character in The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Shakespeare also used this name in his play The Winter's Tale (1610), where it belongs to a shepherdess being wooed by the Clown.