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lumpish(dictionary)

lumpish (iou)



lumpish adjective. LME.
[from LUMP noun1 (& partly LUMP verb3) + -ISH1.]
Stupidly dull or lethargic in action, thought, or feeling. Formerly also, low-spirited, dejected, melancholy. LME.
Pope The lumpish husband snoar'd away the night. F. Donaldson The earlier letters..were..of that lumpish kind everyone writes to school-children.
Of cumbersome weight or bulk; not easily moved; esp. heavy and clumsy in appearance, shape, or movement. M16.
Sir W. Scott Swelling lumpish hills.
Full of lumps, in lumps, lumpy. E18.
A. N. Wilson Tugging away the soft bread..in lumpish handfuls.
Of sound: dull and heavy. M18.
Henry Fielding He fell prostrated on the floor with a lumpish noise.
lumpishly adverb LME.
lumpishness noun L16.