Droop
/druːp/noun
To bend, sag, or hang downward; also to become weak or dispirited.
Did you know?‘Droop’ is a real English word with a long Germanic past, and its older cousins helped shape words for sinking, falling, and hanging down across related languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*drūpaną
“to sink, drip, fall down”
Old English
OE
drūpan
“to sink down, fall, droop”
Middle English
ME
droupen
“to sink, sag, become weak”
14th-15th Century
English
droopen / droop
“to bend or hang downward; to decline in strength or spirit”
Modern English
English
droop
“to sag, hang down, or lose vigor”