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lumpishness

lumpishness noun: the property of being lumpish.

Noun

lumpishness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being lumpish.
    • It is to be observed touching the spirits […] That when men perceive their spirits to be in good, placid, and healthful state, (that which will be seen by the tranquility of their Mind, and chearful disposition) that they cherish them, and not change them: but when, in a turbulent and untoward...1638, Francis Bacon, The History of Life and Death, 94, in Sylva Sylvarum, or A Naturall History In ten Centuries, London: W. Lee, 1662, p. 34
    • Our men […] were incommoded too by the weight and lumpishness of their vessels, which being built in haste, of unseasoned timber, were not so ready at tacking about.1753, William Duncan, The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English, Glasgow University Press, 1815, Volume II, Of the Civil War, Book I, LII, p. 146

Origin of lumpishness

From lumpish + -ness.

Questions about lumpishness

What does lumpishness mean?
Lumpishness means the property of being lumpish.
What part of speech is lumpishness?
Lumpishness is a noun.

Words near lumpishness in the dictionary

  1. lumping together
  2. lumpingly
  3. lumpings
  4. lumpish
  5. lumpishly
  6. lumpishness
  7. lumpiverse
  8. lumpkin
  9. Lumpkin County
  10. lumpkins
  11. lumpless

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