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mushrumps

mushrumps is the plural of mushrump.

Meaning of mushrump

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
  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...

Questions about mushrumps

What is mushrumps the plural of?
Mushrumps is the plural of mushrump.

Words near mushrumps in the dictionary

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

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