bumflyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmfli/,

/ˈbʌmfl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈbəmf(ə)li/, Scottish English

/ˈbʌmflɪ/,

/ˈbamflɪ/, Irish English

/ˈbʌmf(ə)li/

Forms: 1800s– bumfly, 1900s– bamphly, 1900s– bumflie, 1900s– bumphly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bumfle n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < bumfle n. + -y suffix¹.Compare Scots bumply, in the same sense (1923 or earlier), and also bumfy (of a person) untidy in appearance (1914 or earlier).

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

Of clothing, fabric, etc.: rumpled, puckered; bulging. Of a person: wearing such clothing; untidy in appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > crumpled or rumpled

crumpled1535

rumpled1624

rumply1794

scrumpled1813

screwed-up1817

bumfly1887

1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. iv. 258 He lookit..at the Abbot himsel',—awfu' kin' o' bumfly, and like a chaff bed tied in the middle.

1912 F. E. Crichton Tinker's Hollow vii. 74 I hate this dress... It's so—so bumfly!

1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's ii. 13 Mother made us knitted petticoats... We looked all bumfly in them.

2010 @ItsLaurenAlissa 21 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Sept. 2018) I never knew I was going so never got a new dress, it's just a black lacy dress and all bumfly at the bottom?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumfly
释义	bumflyadj. Brit. /ˈbʌmfli/, /ˈbʌmfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈbəmf(ə)li/, Scottish English /ˈbʌmflɪ/, /ˈbamflɪ/, Irish English /ˈbʌmf(ə)li/ Forms: 1800s– bumfly, 1900s– bamphly, 1900s– bumflie, 1900s– bumphly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bumfle n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < bumfle n. + -y suffix¹.Compare Scots bumply, in the same sense (1923 or earlier), and also bumfy (of a person) untidy in appearance (1914 or earlier). Scottish and Irish English (northern). Of clothing, fabric, etc.: rumpled, puckered; bulging. Of a person: wearing such clothing; untidy in appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > crumpled or rumpled crumpled1535 rumpled1624 rumply1794 scrumpled1813 screwed-up1817 bumfly1887 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. iv. 258 He lookit..at the Abbot himsel',—awfu' kin' o' bumfly, and like a chaff bed tied in the middle. 1912 F. E. Crichton Tinker's Hollow vii. 74 I hate this dress... It's so—so bumfly! 1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's ii. 13 Mother made us knitted petticoats... We looked all bumfly in them. 2010 @ItsLaurenAlissa 21 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Sept. 2018) I never knew I was going so never got a new dress, it's just a black lacy dress and all bumfly at the bottom? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1887
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