moped

From mope +‎ -ed.

• Rhymes: -əʊpt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊpt/
• (US) enPR: mōpt, IPA^(key): /moʊpt/

moped

1. simple past tense and past participle of mope

moped (comparative more moped, superlative most moped)

1. Melancholic, dejected.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , I.iii.1.2:

     it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […].

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.pɛd/
• (US) enPR: mōʹpĕd, IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

Honda PA50 step-through moped (European market)

• mo-ped

moped (plural mopeds)

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

• scooter

From Swedish moped

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopeder, definite plural mopedene)

1. a moped

• mopedist

• “moped” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Swedish moped

moped m (definite singular mopeden, indefinite plural mopedar, definite plural mopedane)

1. a moped

• mopedist

• “moped” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Blend of motor +‎ pedaler. Coined in 1952 by a Swedish motor journalist in the magazine Motor from tramp-cykel med motor och pedaler ("bicycle with engine and pedals").

moped c

1. moped (vehicle)

• mopedist
• moppe
• EU-moppe