LUMPISH


Meaning of LUMPISH in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.