ˈləmpish adjective
Etymology: Middle English lumpisch, from lump (I) + -isch, -ish -ish
1. : being stupid or sluggish in speech or action
the long frontier struggles added courage … a doggedness which was never lumpish — John Buchan
the hitherto lumpish girl pleaded with real inspiration — Victoria Sackville-West
2. obsolete : being low in spirits : dejected
she is lumpish , heavy, melancholy — Shakespeare
3. : having a heavy appearance : awkward and clumsy of movement
the great bulk of them … were joyless matrons and their lumpish daughters — Alistair Cooke
the prime beef cow, with the lumpish awkward Brahma and the Shorthorn — Green Peyton
4. : lumpy 1
her heavy riding jacket was lumpish across her square solid shoulders — H.E.Bates
5.
a. : having or producing a dull heavy often unpleasant sound or tone
lifeless and lumpish as the bagpipes drowsy drone — Robert Lloyd
b. : having a tedious pedantic style of writing : boring
written in “translator's English” of a peculiarly lumpish kind — Howard M. Jones
the novels therefore … are lumpish and dull — Virginia Woolf
• lump·ish·ly adverb
• lump·ish·ness noun -es