Definition of Sumph

1. n. A dunce; a blockhead.

Definition of Sumph

1. Noun. (Scotland) A dunce; a blockhead. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sumph

1. a bog [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumph

summum genus
sumners
sumo
sumo wrestler
sumoist
sumoists
sumos
sumotori
sumotoris
sump
sump pits
sump pump
sump pumps
sumped
sumph (current term)
sumphish
sumphs
sumping
sumpit
sumpitan
sumpitans
sumpits
sumplike
sumps
sumpsimus
sumpter
sumpters
sumption
sumptions

Literary usage of Sumph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Tunnelling: Explaining in Detail the Setting Out of the Works by Frederick Walter Simms (1844)
"But, finding it impossible so to do, this operation was preceded by sinking a sumph, about six feet square, at the middle of the bottom of the shaft, ..."

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