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English
Etymology
From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
chapfallen (comparative more chapfallen, superlative most chapfallen)
- Crestfallen, dejected.
- Synonyms: chopfallen; see also Thesaurus:sad
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: (Second Quarto), London: I R for N L , published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]: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.