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Definition of Lumpen
1. Adjective. Mentally sluggish.
Definition of Lumpen
1. Adjective. Of or referring to social outcasts. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat. ¹
3. Adjective. Plebeian ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lumpen
1. an uprooted individual [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumpen
Literary usage of Lumpen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Die Organisation Der Gesamtstaatsverwaltung Schlesiens Vor Dem by Felix Rachfahl (1896)
"Hier werden die gekauften lumpen schon etwas nach Farbe und Stoff ... Die lumpen
in den verschiedenen Ländern sind durchaus nicht von gleicher Qualität. ..."
2. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"... clumsily (said of small children and small animals), Norw. larve lumpen, ...
early NHG. lumpen schlaff hangen; schlaff gehen, NHG. lumpen zerrissenes ..."
3. The Semantic Development of Words for "walk, Run" in the Germanic Languges by Roscoe Myrl Ihrig (1916)
"... run slowly and clumsily (said of small children and small animals), Norw.
larve lumpen, ON. lara'Sr schlaff. 54.26. Swed. loma steif oder schwerfällig ..."
4. Progressivism--and After by William English Walling (1914)
"The lower ranks of the workers are referred to in German Socialist literature as
the "lumpen-proletariat." lumpen means rags and also rabble. ..."
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