mumpish

adj — 2 senses

mumpish

adj

Etymology From mump + -ish.

1

sulking, mopey

You mumpish beefalo (you sulky old cow).
He had written to Doctor South and had in his pocket a telegram from him received that morning: "Sacking the mumpish fool. When will you come?"1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 122:

Derived terms: mumpishly, mumpishness

mumpish

adj

Etymology From mumps + -ish.

1

Colloquial Suffering from mumps (the disease).

I wouldn't mind being sick if I could look interesting, but mumps! The funny thing is, I haven't had time to get them from these children and must have been exposed before. […] [S]omehow I was feeling far from well, myself, and when Dr. Weston came about ten o'clock he broke the dreadful news that I was mumpish too, and sent me off to bed.1932, Improvement Era, volume 36, page 895:

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