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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUMPISH

a.Dull; heavy; sullen; sour.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUMPISH

MUMPISH Mump "ish, a.

 

Defn: Sullen, sulky. -- Mump "ish *ly, adv. -- Mump "ish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mumpish

mump ish |ˈməmpiSH ˈməmpɪʃ | ▶adjective informal, dated sullen or sulky. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete mump ‘grimace, have a miserable expression ’ + -ish 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

mumpish

mump |ish |ˈmʌmpɪʃ | ▶adjective informal, dated sullen; sulky. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from obsolete mump ‘grimace, have a miserable expression ’ + -ish 1 .