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clumpy

adj
/ˈklʌmpi/

Etymology

From clump + -y.

  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 clumpy — “clump + y”

Definitions

  1. Forming or tending to form clumps.

    • Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough […]

  2. Resembling a clump.

  3. Clompy

    Clompy; with heavy footfalls.

    • Certainly it's lots easier to be Mary in a brown serge and clumpy boots than it is in the soft, fluffy things Marie used to wear.

The neighborhood

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