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Definition of Dumpiness
1. Noun. A short and stout physique.
Generic synonyms: Body-build, Build, Habitus, Physique
Derivative terms: Dumpy, Dumpy, Squatty
Definition of Dumpiness
1. n. The state of being dumpy.
Definition of Dumpiness
1. Noun. The quality of being dumpy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumpiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpiness
Literary usage of Dumpiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"Thickness and dumpiness of fingers characteristic ; hands spade-like; skin thick
and tough ; nails broad and short, but not striated. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1841)
"Who can ever forget the sweet song and good-natured little dumpiness of Mrs Bland ?
or the straw hats and black stuff mittens of Mrs Gibbs, with her dimpled ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"We always called her Two-to- the-Pound. Many's the langh her father and I has
had about her dumpiness, and nil that." " Papa's grandfather? ..."
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