lumpishadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌmpɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈləmpɪʃ/

Forms: Also 1500s lompish.

Etymology: < lump n.¹ (in some uses with mixture of the sense of lump v.²) + -ish suffix¹.

1. Of material objects: Of cumbersome weight or bulk; not apt to be moved easily; heavy and unwieldy. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky

burlyc1400

bulkedc1420

massyc1540

bowerly1542

lumpish1545

big-bodied1561

massy?1571

spacious1595

voluminousa1635

grossy1648

bulkishc1660

bulky1687

bulksomea1693

material1715

bouksome1785

dinosaurian1916

dinosauric1922

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13 It is better to haue a shafte..somewhat to lyght, than ouer lumpysshe.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 105 It [boiling] makes it [food] lumpish, close, heavy, dull, and gross on the Pallate.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Earth The Earth is called claiey or stiff Earth, when it..is lumpish, dull, heavy and cold.

2. Heavy and clumsy in appearance, shape, or movement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy

unridec1175

un-i-weldec1275

boistous?a1400

cumbrousa1400

roida1450

clubbishc1530

lumpish?1573

bouncing1579

unwieldy1582

boisterous1590

unfeirdyc1590

lumbering1593

cumbersome1594

elephantic1598

elephant-likea1603

moliminous1642

clumpish1681

rhinocerical1689

hulking1699

hulky1785

lumberly1805

elephantine1826

rhinocerial1828

lumbersome1834

clumpy1836

lumbrous1836

hippopotamic1853

hippopotamian1864

megatherial1894

hippopotamine1911

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes 19 From a rude & lumpish Chaos, the worlde waxed beautifull.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 226 Then should we have soon espied the lumpish and foul hands of our juggler.

1671 J. Blagrave Astrol. Pract. Physick 127 A man of..swarthy complection, and of a lumpish countenance.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 539 The amphibious and lumpish animals which dwelt on Southern Georgia.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 114 Swelling lumpish hills.

1849 A. M. Bell New Elucidation Princ. Speech & Elocution 150 A tongue which formerly lay lumpish and inert in the mouth.

1882 Q. Rev. Oct. 375 Seated statues, square and lumpish, like those brought from Branchidæ to the British Museum.

1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella III. iii. x. 112 A governess, or a schoolgirl, or a lumpish boy.

a. Stupidly dull, heavy, or lethargic in action, thought, or feeling; sluggishly inactive; slow-minded, unapprehensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy

slowOE

sluggy?c1225

dull1393

slowfulc1400

sluggedc1430

sluggingc1430

slugc1440

sluggishc1450

lithera1500

peakish1519

lumpish1528

sopit1528

loiterous1566

slugring1566

drowsy1570

slow-bellied1576

snailish1581

blate1597

druggly1611

jacent1611

clammy1622

loggish1642

ignave1657

sliving1661

druggle-headed1694

slow-coachish1844

loggy1847

logy1859

tardigradous1866

tardigrade1883

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. B iv b A lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe body.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos v. i, in Terence in Eng. 251 To be called a blockpate, a dulhead, an asse, a lumpish sot.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 141 The often and much vse of Lettuce..hindreth procreation,..and maketh the body lumpish.

1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 203 The lumpish Husband snor'd away the Night.

1777 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. IX. 150 An heavy, lumpish acquiescence in Government.

1782 W. Cowper Let. 12 Aug. (1981) II. 71 I then should have no need of wit For lumpish Hollander unfit.

1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 309 He was as nervous about dreams as the most lumpish of dairymaids.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 19/1 We do not believe this attitude of lumpish obstruction can be persisted in if the Democratic Senators do their duty.

†b. Insensible to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected

dead1340

unsmittenc1400

unmovedc1480

unkindleda1525

senseless1560

lumpish1585

unfired1590

unaffectedc1595

incapable1601

unsensible1611

insensible1615

untouched1616

impervious1618

unanswering1632

untransported1641

beauty-proof1676

insensate1726

unsusceptible1734

uninfluenced1735

unimbued1813

unsmote1814

unsusceptive1825

unalive1828

echoless1869

non-conducting1871

unsusceptible1872

irresponsive1886

affectless1912

1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie i. iv. 29 So dead we are, and lumpish to all goodnesse.

†4. Low-spirited, dejected, melancholy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvi. sig. K.v^v He marketh well..mennes complexcions..by whych they be lyght harted or lumpyshe.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo4 He looking lompish and full sullein sad.

1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 9 The lumpish leaden melancholy thought.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 62 She is lumpish, heauy, mellancholly.

1621 S. Ward Life of Faith vii. 46 His faith cannot bee but lumpish and melancholly.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Phil. i. 14) Neither ever since that time have I felt any lumpish heavinesse.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 518. ⁋9 A contracted brow, a lumpish down-cast look.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 35 My Heart was so lumpish!

5. Of sound: Dull and heavy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective]

deada1533

sullen1599

wooden1609

flat1626

shallow1626

lumpish1742

dowf1768

toneless1773

deadish1783

insonorous1795

tubby1807

veiled1816

puffy1832

narrow-toned1865

woolly1872

woody1875

dull1878

irresonant1899

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. viii. 136 He fell prostrate on the Floor with a lumpish Noise.

a1764 R. Lloyd Ode to Genius in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 174 Lifeless and lumpish as the bagpipes drowzy drone.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 90 The dead, lumpish, tubby tones of the fourth and fifth strings of the guittar.

†6.

a. In lumps, lumpy. Obsolete (except as nonce-use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps

globose?a1425

clotty?1523

cloddy1547

cloddered1558

lumpy1707

lumpish1735

1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Lumpish, in Clods or congealed Parcels.

1776 Bedlam, a Poem 8 When gloomy the black Bile prevails, And lumpish Phlegm the thicken'd Mass congeals.

1850 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 145 Metallic bismuth..either powder or lumpish.

†b. Of liquor: Full of lumps, ropy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > full of lumps

lumpish1682

1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 6 Sack that is lumpish or lowring.

Compounds

In combinations.

ΚΠ

1632 T. Dekker in R. Brome Northern Lasse Pref. verse sig. A4 Thy Daughter..Is Chast and Witty to the Time; Not Lumpish-Cold, as is her Clime.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea i. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 366 Ther's no mirth in me, nor was I wont to be so lumpish sad.

1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work xii. 223 They've quite a different style of hand [in horsemanship], and sit all lumpish-like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lumpish
释义	lumpishadj. Brit. /ˈlʌmpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈləmpɪʃ/ Forms: Also 1500s lompish. Etymology: < lump n.¹ (in some uses with mixture of the sense of lump v.²) + -ish suffix¹. 1. Of material objects: Of cumbersome weight or bulk; not apt to be moved easily; heavy and unwieldy. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky burlyc1400 bulkedc1420 massyc1540 bowerly1542 lumpish1545 big-bodied1561 massy?1571 spacious1595 voluminousa1635 grossy1648 bulkishc1660 bulky1687 bulksomea1693 material1715 bouksome1785 dinosaurian1916 dinosauric1922 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13 It is better to haue a shafte..somewhat to lyght, than ouer lumpysshe. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 105 It [boiling] makes it [food] lumpish, close, heavy, dull, and gross on the Pallate. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Earth The Earth is called claiey or stiff Earth, when it..is lumpish, dull, heavy and cold. 2. Heavy and clumsy in appearance, shape, or movement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes 19 From a rude & lumpish Chaos, the worlde waxed beautifull. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 226 Then should we have soon espied the lumpish and foul hands of our juggler. 1671 J. Blagrave Astrol. Pract. Physick 127 A man of..swarthy complection, and of a lumpish countenance. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 539 The amphibious and lumpish animals which dwelt on Southern Georgia. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 114 Swelling lumpish hills. 1849 A. M. Bell New Elucidation Princ. Speech & Elocution 150 A tongue which formerly lay lumpish and inert in the mouth. 1882 Q. Rev. Oct. 375 Seated statues, square and lumpish, like those brought from Branchidæ to the British Museum. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella III. iii. x. 112 A governess, or a schoolgirl, or a lumpish boy. 3. a. Stupidly dull, heavy, or lethargic in action, thought, or feeling; sluggishly inactive; slow-minded, unapprehensive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy slowOE sluggy?c1225 dull1393 slowfulc1400 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 slugc1440 sluggishc1450 lithera1500 peakish1519 lumpish1528 sopit1528 loiterous1566 slugring1566 drowsy1570 slow-bellied1576 snailish1581 blate1597 druggly1611 jacent1611 clammy1622 loggish1642 ignave1657 sliving1661 druggle-headed1694 slow-coachish1844 loggy1847 logy1859 tardigradous1866 tardigrade1883 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. B iv b A lumpishe spirite causeth a sluggishe body. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos v. i, in Terence in Eng. 251 To be called a blockpate, a dulhead, an asse, a lumpish sot. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 141 The often and much vse of Lettuce..hindreth procreation,..and maketh the body lumpish. 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 203 The lumpish Husband snor'd away the Night. 1777 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. IX. 150 An heavy, lumpish acquiescence in Government. 1782 W. Cowper Let. 12 Aug. (1981) II. 71 I then should have no need of wit For lumpish Hollander unfit. 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners II. 309 He was as nervous about dreams as the most lumpish of dairymaids. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 19/1 We do not believe this attitude of lumpish obstruction can be persisted in if the Democratic Senators do their duty. †b. Insensible to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected dead1340 unsmittenc1400 unmovedc1480 unkindleda1525 senseless1560 lumpish1585 unfired1590 unaffectedc1595 incapable1601 unsensible1611 insensible1615 untouched1616 impervious1618 unanswering1632 untransported1641 beauty-proof1676 insensate1726 unsusceptible1734 uninfluenced1735 unimbued1813 unsmote1814 unsusceptive1825 unalive1828 echoless1869 non-conducting1871 unsusceptible1872 irresponsive1886 affectless1912 1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie i. iv. 29 So dead we are, and lumpish to all goodnesse. †4. Low-spirited, dejected, melancholy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvi. sig. K.v^v He marketh well..mennes complexcions..by whych they be lyght harted or lumpyshe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo4 He looking lompish and full sullein sad. 1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 9 The lumpish leaden melancholy thought. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 62 She is lumpish, heauy, mellancholly. View more context for this quotation 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith vii. 46 His faith cannot bee but lumpish and melancholly. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Phil. i. 14) Neither ever since that time have I felt any lumpish heavinesse. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 518. ⁋9 A contracted brow, a lumpish down-cast look. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 35 My Heart was so lumpish! 5. Of sound: Dull and heavy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] deada1533 sullen1599 wooden1609 flat1626 shallow1626 lumpish1742 dowf1768 toneless1773 deadish1783 insonorous1795 tubby1807 veiled1816 puffy1832 narrow-toned1865 woolly1872 woody1875 dull1878 irresonant1899 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. viii. 136 He fell prostrate on the Floor with a lumpish Noise. View more context for this quotation a1764 R. Lloyd Ode to Genius in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 174 Lifeless and lumpish as the bagpipes drowzy drone. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 90 The dead, lumpish, tubby tones of the fourth and fifth strings of the guittar. †6. a. In lumps, lumpy. Obsolete (except as nonce-use). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps globose?a1425 clotty?1523 cloddy1547 cloddered1558 lumpy1707 lumpish1735 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Lumpish, in Clods or congealed Parcels. 1776 Bedlam, a Poem 8 When gloomy the black Bile prevails, And lumpish Phlegm the thicken'd Mass congeals. 1850 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 145 Metallic bismuth..either powder or lumpish. †b. Of liquor: Full of lumps, ropy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > full of lumps lumpish1682 1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 6 Sack that is lumpish or lowring. Compounds In combinations. ΚΠ 1632 T. Dekker in R. Brome Northern Lasse Pref. verse sig. A4 Thy Daughter..Is Chast and Witty to the Time; Not Lumpish-Cold, as is her Clime. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea i. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 366 Ther's no mirth in me, nor was I wont to be so lumpish sad. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work xii. 223 They've quite a different style of hand [in horsemanship], and sit all lumpish-like. 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