单词 | lumpishness |
释义 | lumpishnessn. The condition or quality of being lumpish; cumbrous heaviness; heavy and clumsy aspect; †sluggishness, drowsy inactivity, heaviness of heart (obsolete); rarely, lumpiness. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574 |
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