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ˈdumpishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. Sluggishness, inertness, insensibility. Obs.
1573–80Baret Alv. D 1356 A Dumpe, or dumpishnesse, torpor. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 444 That which is born of the flesh hath all the properties of the flesh, heaviness and dumpishness. 1677A. Horneck Gt. Law Consid. v. (1704) 307 What means that..strange dumpishness, when God courts and beseeches my soul?
2. Dejection; tendency to be in the dumps.
1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV (an. 15) 237 b, What should signifie, that dumpishenes of mynde, and inward sighyng. 1653Z. Bogan Mirth Chr. Life 194 Making pictures in his fancy..out of pensivenesse and dumpishnesse. 1864H. Bradshaw in Life (1888) 116 Never allow yourself more than five minutes..for the luxury of dumpishness. |