Glumpish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    grumpy; sullen; gloomy dated, dialectal

    "Now, in order that such invaluable treasures of wit […] and other repositories of such glumpish, churlish, and refractory persons as aforesaid, and thereby run the risk of being lost to all chearful^([sic]) society, or of dying with their avaricious and monopolizing possessors."

Example

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"Now, in order that such invaluable treasures of wit […] and other repositories of such glumpish, churlish, and refractory persons as aforesaid, and thereby run the risk of being lost to all chearful^([sic]) society, or of dying with their avaricious and monopolizing possessors."

Etymology

From glump + -ish.

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