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gloppen en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glúpna (“to frighten, grieve, look downcast”), from Proto-Germanic *glupnōną (“to frighten, cause to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glúpna (“to put to shame”). More at glope.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
   • "O Job! if you will help me," exclaimed Mary, brightening up (though it was but a wintry gleam after all), "tell me what to say, when they question me; I shall be so gloppened,* I shan't know what to answer." / *Gloppened; terrified. 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2000:
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
   • A pause before the intense guy cut in: "The Word of the Day is gloppen. Verb, transitive and intransitive. … One. To surprise or astonish. Two. To be startled or astonished. Gloppen." 2006, Jeremy Iverson, High School Confidential: Secrets of an Undercover Student, →ISBN, page 59:

Forms

Deriveds

glopnedly

Relateds

glope · glop