Lumpishness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The property of being lumpish. uncountable
"1638, Francis Bacon, The History of Life and Death, 94, in Sylva Sylvarum, or A Naturall History In ten Centuries, London: W. Lee, 1662, p. 34, It is to be observed touching the spirits […] That when men perceive their spirits to be in good, placid, and healthful state, (that which will be seen by the tranquility of their Mind, and chearful disposition) that they cherish them, and not change them: but when, in a turbulent and untoward state, (which will also appear by their sadness, lumpishness, and other indisposition of their mind) that then they straight overwhelm them, and alter them."
Example
More examples"1638, Francis Bacon, The History of Life and Death, 94, in Sylva Sylvarum, or A Naturall History In ten Centuries, London: W. Lee, 1662, p. 34, It is to be observed touching the spirits […] That when men perceive their spirits to be in good, placid, and healthful state, (that which will be seen by the tranquility of their Mind, and chearful disposition) that they cherish them, and not change them: but when, in a turbulent and untoward state, (which will also appear by their sadness, lumpishness, and other indisposition of their mind) that then they straight overwhelm them, and alter them."
Etymology
From lumpish + -ness.
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