Bumpery

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 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."

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Example

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"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

Etymology 1

From bump + -ery (adjectival suffix).

Etymology 2

From bump + -ery.

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