■ plural noun (in phr. (down) in the ~ ) informal depressed or unhappy.
Origin
C16 (orig. singular in the sense 'a dazed or puzzled state'): prob. a figurative use of MDu. domp 'haze, mist'.
■ plural noun (in phr. (down) in the ~ ) informal depressed or unhappy.
Origin
C16 (orig. singular in the sense 'a dazed or puzzled state'): prob. a figurative use of MDu. domp 'haze, mist'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004