lumpish

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump

   Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.

   • The Sprite […] lifting vp his lompiſh head, vvth blame / Halfe angrie asked him, for vvhat he came.
   • Thus, also, you pass from the lumpish grub in the earth to the airy and fluttering butterfly.
2. 2

   Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement

   Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant.

   • [H]e emerged from some struggling trees, and looked out upon a wild moorish country, composed of a succession of swelling lumpish hills, […]
   • Continental soldiers looked lumpish beside our lean-bred fellows: but against my supple Nejdis the British in their turn looked lumpish.
   • But the play's snatches of racy prose do not offset its stretches of lumpish playwriting. Too often both untidy and oldfashioned, it closed after four performances.
3. 3

   Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.

   Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.

   • So forth he vvent, / VVith heauy looke and lumpiſh pace, that plaine / In him bevvraid great grudge and maltalent; / His ſteed eke ſeemd t'apply his ſteps to his intent.
   • But I have greatly neglected the knovvledge of God, vvhen hee threatneth, I am ſenſeleſs; in his preſence, I am irreverent, dead-hearted vvhen I appear before him; lumpiſh in Prayer, looſe in Meditation […]
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   1. 4

      Of sound

      Of sound: dull, heavy.

      • Thou bear'ſt aloof, and look'ſt vvith high diſdain, / Upon the dull mechanic train; / VVhoſe nerveleſs ſtrains flag on in languid tone, / Lifeless and lumpiſh as the bagpipe's drovvzy drone.
      • No sounds but the steady ticking of the clock, and the lumpish snoring of a large dog stretched on a mat outside the dining-room door, disturbed the mysterious morning stillness of hall and staircase.
   2. 5

      Full of lumps

      Full of lumps; lumpy.

   3. 6

      Of a thing

      Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy.

      • [I]t is better to have a ſhaft [of an arrow] a litle to ſhort than over longe, ſomevvhat to light, than over lumpiſhe, a litle to ſmal, than a greate deale to big, […]
   4. 7

      Miserable, sad.

      • After them vvent Diſpleaſure and Pleaſaunce, / He looking lompiſh and full ſullein ſad, / And hanging dovvne his heauy countenaunce; / She chearfull freſh and full of ioyaunce glad, / As if no ſorrovv ſhe ne felt ne dread; […]

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