mumpy

adj — 2 senses

mumpy

adj

/ˈmʌmpi/

Etymology From mumps + -y.

1

Informal Suffering from mumps.

  • An awful struggle for Primrose. Her chin stretched up above a mumpy neck. Sister Raymond put a wet cloth on her forehead, dribbled some water across her mouth.1995, Thomas Keneally, A river town:
2

Informal Swelling; resembling mumps.

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