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lumpish.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlʌmpɪʃ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.

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

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

    figuratively
  4. Of sound: dull, heavy.

    figuratively
  5. Full of lumps; lumpy.

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

    obsolete
  7. Miserable, sad.

    figuratively · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Partly: * from Late Middle English lumprissh, lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”), from lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”) or lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”) (both possibly related to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide; to go; to hang limply”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”)) + -ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’); and * from lump (noun, verb) + -ish. Compare English lumber.

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