Gampishadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡampɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmpɪʃ/

Forms: also (in sense 2) with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gamp , -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of Mrs. Gamp (see Gamp n.) + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Gamp-like adj.

Now rare.

1. Resembling or reminiscent of Mrs. Gamp, esp. in being comically coarse and grotesque, having idiosyncratic speech habits, or engaging in disreputable nursing practices. Cf. Gamp n. 1.Also more fully Mrs. Gampish, Sairey Gampish, Sarah Gampish.

ΚΠ

1845 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 406/1 The jargon in which she talks to the infant is broad in print, and somewhat of the Gampish order.

1860 Punch 28 Jan. 35/1 ‘What is become of woman's light step? The firm, light, quick step we have been asking for’ [instead of the Sairey-Gampish slow and ponderously noisy one].

1869 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1 ‘What an ugly little rascal!’ exclaimed my father, in answer to the ‘there, sir,’ of a portly Gampish woman.

1887 Time May 522 Not to mention the grammar which Mr. Haggard keeps for a bonne bouche at the end, what could be more Mrs. Gampish than the following.

1915 S. W. Coxon And that reminds Me xvi. 124 A vision of a real live Sarah Gamp appeared before me,..smiling and washing her hands in the true Gampish manner.

1980 Washington Post 16 Mar. (Book world section) 5/2 Morgan is surrounded by an entire commedia dell'arte company of supporting players: a brilliantly ‘senile’ mother; a Sarah Gampish unmarriageable sister.

2. Of an umbrella: resembling that of Mrs. Gamp; esp. loosely tied up, bulging.

ΚΠ

1858 Belfast News-let. 20 Apr. He..made it an invariable practice to carry..a huge brown cotton umbrella, of a very gampish appearance.

1883 G. M. Fenn Middy & Ensign xxviii. 174 An unmistakeable gingham, with a decidedly Gampish look.

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 462 She would go to a shop and pay for one roll,—and adroitly make several others fall into a Gampish umbrella.

1963 Times 27 July 4/7 Models had short or wrist-length jackets with..short straight skirts, flying chiffon kerchiefs and small velvet berets... A gampish umbrella carried uncertainly competed the picture.

Derivatives

ˈgampishness n.

ΚΠ

1863 W. Cory Jrnl. 20 Aug. in Extracts Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 90 His master was making up my Bond-Street umbrella into a double bulge of gampishness.

1904 Spectator 10 Sept. 365/1 Mr. Hope has successfully avoided the extremes of Gampishness and callous curiosity.

1976 Victorian Poetry 14 189 The imagery..of parturition and its frustration by the Gampishness of Hotten and the priggishness of Ellis, his new publisher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gampish
释义	Gampishadj. Brit. /ˈɡampɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡæmpɪʃ/ Forms: also (in sense 2) with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Gamp , -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of Mrs. Gamp (see Gamp n.) + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Gamp-like adj. Now rare. 1. Resembling or reminiscent of Mrs. Gamp, esp. in being comically coarse and grotesque, having idiosyncratic speech habits, or engaging in disreputable nursing practices. Cf. Gamp n. 1.Also more fully Mrs. Gampish, Sairey Gampish, Sarah Gampish. ΚΠ 1845 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 406/1 The jargon in which she talks to the infant is broad in print, and somewhat of the Gampish order. 1860 Punch 28 Jan. 35/1 ‘What is become of woman's light step? The firm, light, quick step we have been asking for’ [instead of the Sairey-Gampish slow and ponderously noisy one]. 1869 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1 ‘What an ugly little rascal!’ exclaimed my father, in answer to the ‘there, sir,’ of a portly Gampish woman. 1887 Time May 522 Not to mention the grammar which Mr. Haggard keeps for a bonne bouche at the end, what could be more Mrs. Gampish than the following. 1915 S. W. Coxon And that reminds Me xvi. 124 A vision of a real live Sarah Gamp appeared before me,..smiling and washing her hands in the true Gampish manner. 1980 Washington Post 16 Mar. (Book world section) 5/2 Morgan is surrounded by an entire commedia dell'arte company of supporting players: a brilliantly ‘senile’ mother; a Sarah Gampish unmarriageable sister. 2. Of an umbrella: resembling that of Mrs. Gamp; esp. loosely tied up, bulging. ΚΠ 1858 Belfast News-let. 20 Apr. He..made it an invariable practice to carry..a huge brown cotton umbrella, of a very gampish appearance. 1883 G. M. Fenn Middy & Ensign xxviii. 174 An unmistakeable gingham, with a decidedly Gampish look. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 462 She would go to a shop and pay for one roll,—and adroitly make several others fall into a Gampish umbrella. 1963 Times 27 July 4/7 Models had short or wrist-length jackets with..short straight skirts, flying chiffon kerchiefs and small velvet berets... A gampish umbrella carried uncertainly competed the picture. Derivatives ˈgampishness n. ΚΠ 1863 W. Cory Jrnl. 20 Aug. in Extracts Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 90 His master was making up my Bond-Street umbrella into a double bulge of gampishness. 1904 Spectator 10 Sept. 365/1 Mr. Hope has successfully avoided the extremes of Gampishness and callous curiosity. 1976 Victorian Poetry 14 189 The imagery..of parturition and its frustration by the Gampishness of Hotten and the priggishness of Ellis, his new publisher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1845
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