An archaic variant of 'chopfallen' or 'chopfallen,' meaning disappointed, dispirited, or having a fallen countenance.
From 'chop' (jaw or mouth) plus 'fallen,' suggesting a mouth fallen downward in disappointment; possibly variant of 'crestfallen.'
Words like 'chopfallen' are linguistic fossils showing how our ancestors described emotions through body language—a fallen jaw or hanging mouth literally showed disappointment, so we made it a word!
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