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mushrump

mushrump noun: mushroom, fungus.

Noun

mushrump (plural mushrumps)

  1. (archaic) Mushroom, fungus.
    • Bozzacchio, an acorne. Also a puffe or mushrump full of dust.1598, John Florio, “Mushrump”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 47
    • […] you, whose pastime / Is to make midnight-Mushrumps, that reioyce / To heare the solemne Curfewe […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (archaic, attributive, derogatory, sometimes) Upstart, a person who has quickly and undeservedly gained their position, power or wealth.
    • So shall we haue the people of our side, / Which for his fathers sake leane to the king, / But cannot brooke a night growne mushrump, / Such a one as my Lord of Cornewall is […]1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
    • You Court ſpaniell, you vnneceſſarie muſhrump, that in one night art ſprung out of the roote of greatnes, […]1605 (date written), Iohn Day [i.e., John Day], The Ile of Guls. […], London: […] [John Trundle], and are to bee sold by Iohn Hodgets […], published 1606, →OCLC, signature [B4], recto

Examples of mushrump in a sentence

  • [M]en, if Fame ſay true, / Here at the firſt from ſhower-rayſd muſhrumps grew, […]1626, Ovid, “The Seuenth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page...
  • Oh here is a mushrump Phylosopher! shotte vppe since yesterday:1610, chapter 29, in John Healey, transl., Epictetus His Manuall, London: E. Blunt & W. Barret, page 34:

Forms of mushrump

pluralmushrumps

Questions about mushrump

What does mushrump mean?
Mushrump means mushroom, fungus.
How do you use mushrump in a sentence?
[M]en, if Fame ſay true, / Here at the firſt from ſhower-rayſd muſhrumps grew, […]
What part of speech is mushrump?
Mushrump is a noun.
What is the plural of mushrump?
The plural of mushrump is mushrumps.

Words near mushrump in the dictionary

  1. mushroomy
  2. mushroon
  3. mushroons
  4. mushroos
  5. mushru
  6. mushrump
  7. mushrumps
  8. mushrus
  9. mushy
  10. mushy middle
  11. mushy middles

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