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clumpish

adj

Etymology

From clump + -ish.

  1. derived from klumpe
  2. derived from clompe
  3. derived from *glembʰ-✻ — “lump, clamp”
  4. derived from *klumpô✻ — “mass, lump, clump; clasp”
  5. inherited from clymppe
  6. inherited from clompe
  7. suffixed as clumpish — “clump + ish”

Definitions

  1. Tending to form clumps.

  2. Heavy and awkward

    Heavy and awkward; clumpy.

    • The girl was wearing her school coat, and childish low-heeled clumpish black school shoes; and consequently looked younger than Blair had anticipated.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA