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单词 lumpishness
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lumpishnessn.

Brit. /ˈlʌmpᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈləmpɪʃnᵻs/
Etymology: formed as lumpish adj. + -ness suffix.
The condition or quality of being lumpish; cumbrous heaviness; heavy and clumsy aspect; †sluggishness, drowsy inactivity, heaviness of heart (obsolete); rarely, lumpiness.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > lumpiness
lumpishness1574
cloddiness1787
lumpiness1805
clottiness1877
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness
slowness1357
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
slowfulness1483
dullness1526
dumpishness1574
lumpishness1574
slow-coaching1837
logginess1924
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > lead > texture of
lumpishness1574
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and clumsiness
unwieldiness1577
lumpishness1847
1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 17 An ill diet bringeth heaviness and drowsie lumpishness to the bodie.
a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 174 Take from me ydlenesse and sloth, and heauie lumpishnesse.
1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xvi. 117 A purgative medicament is to bee ministred..if the party have the headache or lumpishnesse.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick v. ii. 163 When the Lead hath lost its own earthy lumpishness, which is expelled by often melting.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Lumpishness, a being in lumps; also dulness, heaviness.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iv. 65 His apparently indolent yet active lumpishness.
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) App. 42 The chapels and aisle surrounding these apses, tends very much..to give that lumpishness mentioned above.
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iv. 61 No dead stuff, no longer any afflicting lumpishness. His brain was vivifying light.
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