See Also: crapaudine(dictionary)
stumpy(1)(dictionary)
stumpy(2)(dictionary)
stumpy(dictionary)

stumpy(1) (iou) and crapaudine (iou)


stumpy(1) (iou)



stumpy adjective. E17.
[from STUMP noun1 + -Y1.]
Like a stump; short and thick, stocky. Formerly also, (of grass, stubble, etc.) full of stumps or short hard stalks. E17.
A. J. C. Hare The stumpy spire of the church could be seen. P. G. Wodehouse Men who are stumpy and about twenty pounds overweight.
Of ground: full of tree stumps. US. L17.
Worn down to a stump. L18.
W. Henry 'Company!' groaned Doc, gritting his stumpy teeth.
stumpily adverb L19.
stumpiness noun L19.

crapaudine (iou)



crapaudine noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin crapaudinus, -ina, formed as CRAPAUD: see -INE1.]
= TOADSTONE noun1. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. M18.