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chapfallen

adj
/ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən/

Etymology

From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).

  1. inherited from *fallą✻
  2. inherited from fealle — “trap, snare”
  3. inherited from feall
  4. inherited from fal
  5. inherited from *h₃elh₁-✻ — “to collapse, fall; to destroy”
  6. inherited from *fallaną✻ — “to fall”
  7. inherited from *fallan✻ — “to fall”
  8. inherited from feallan — “to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”
  9. inherited from fallen
  10. suffixed as fallen — “fall + en”
  11. compounded as chapfallen — “chap + fallen”

Definitions

  1. Crestfallen, dejected.

    • Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.
    • I can't describe to you how chapfallen and angry my cousin looked.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA