glumpish

adj

glumpish

adj

Etymology From glump + -ish.

1

Dated, Dialectal grumpy; sullen; gloomy

  • 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.1816, Timothy Broadgrin (pseudonym), The Spirit of Irish Wit, page 2:
  • An' it worrets me as Mr. Tom 'ull sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin' his brow, an' a-lookin' at the fire of a night. He should be a bit livelier now — a fine young fellow like him.1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, volume 2:

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