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undumpishing

undumpishing is the present participle and gerund of undumpish.

Meaning of undumpish

Verb

undumpish (third-person singular simple present undumpishes, present participle undumpishing, simple past and past participle undumpished)

  1. (nonce-word, transitive) To relieve from the dumps; to cause to cheer up.
    • When the Queen was out of humour, he could undumpish hera. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Questions about undumpishing

What is undumpishing the present participle and gerund of?
Undumpishing is the present participle and gerund of undumpish.

Words near undumpishing in the dictionary

  1. undumped
  2. undumping
  3. undumpish
  4. undumpished
  5. undumpishes
  6. undumpishing
  7. undumps
  8. undunged
  9. undunned
  10. undupable
  11. undupe

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