Bumpery
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Bumping. colloquial, rare, uncountable
"At each station of his cross, he was forced into a state of bumpery with so many backs and fronts."
- 1 Synonym of bumpy (“having or involving bumps”). colloquial, rare
"My neighbors’ children play with me. / They come for me to ease their woes, / Bleedery stumpings of the toes, / Splinters in fingers, at whose base / Angels have left their kissery trace; / Skinned elbows and such bruisery rings, / Or bumpery dots from wood bees’ stings."
Synonyms
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More examples"My neighbors’ children play with me. / They come for me to ease their woes, / Bleedery stumpings of the toes, / Splinters in fingers, at whose base / Angels have left their kissery trace; / Skinned elbows and such bruisery rings, / Or bumpery dots from wood bees’ stings."
Etymology
From bump + -ery (adjectival suffix).
From bump + -ery.
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