Lexicographical Neighbors of Clumpish
Literary usage of Clumpish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"A metaphorical use of the preceding 'word; as inanimate as a "clump of wood."
"How clumpish she is to day." " What a queer clumpy-temper'd thing she is. ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"As age comes on, its round clumpish head becomes more flat, spreading itself into
a canopy, which is a form equally becoming; and yet I doubt whether any ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"clumpish. Awkward; unwieldy. North. CLUMPS. (1) Twilight. East. (2) Idle; lazy;
clownish. Also plain-dealing, honest. North. (3) Benumbed with cold. North. ..."
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