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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
droop/druːp/
verb bend or hang downwards limply.

■ sag down from weariness or dejection.

noun an act or instance of drooping.
– derivatives
droopily adverb,
droopiness noun,
droopy adjective (droopier, droopiest).
– origin ME: from ON drúpa ‘hang the head’; rel. to drip and drop.



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