humpyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈhʌmpi/, U.S.

/ˈhəmpi/, Australian English /ˈhʌmpi/

Forms: Also humpey, humpie.

Etymology: < Australian Aboriginal oompi, to which ‘has been given an English look, the appearance of the [Aboriginal] huts suggesting the English word hump’ (Morris, Austral Eng.).

Australian.

An Australian Aboriginal hut. Hence, applied to a very small and primitive house, or hut such as is put up by a settler.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun]

hulka1000

boothc1200

hull?c1225

lodge1290

hottea1325

holetc1380

tavern1382

scalea1400

schura1400

tugury1412

donjon?a1439

cabinc1440

coshc1490

cabinet1579

bully1598

crib1600

shed1600

hut1637

hovela1640

boorachc1660

barrack1686

bothy1750

corf1770

rancho1819

shanty1820

kraal1832

shelty1834

shackle1835

mia-mia1837

wickiup1838

caboose1839

chantier1849

hangar1852

caban1866

shebang1867

humpy1873

shack1878

hale1885

bach1927

jhuggi1927

favela1961

hokkie1973

1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 228 A ‘gunyia’ or ‘umpee’.]

1873 J. B. Stephens Black Gin 16 Lo, by the ‘humpy’ door, a smockless Venus!

1877 Rep. Secretary Pub. Instruct. Queensland for 1876. 64 The school building [at Mount Brisbane] is a slab humpy.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream xx. 247 He's in bed in the humpy.

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 591/2 I knew where this humpie was.

1927 M. Terry Through Land of Promise xiii. 161 The manager's house..had been a small humpie consisting of four stone walls capped by a tin roof.

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country viii. 130 They are big tents or humpeys of bark, with flags on top to show if they are English or Russian or some other nation.

1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby i. 14 The old fossicker was..seated outside a bark humpy.

1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet x. 348 His camp consisted of a tent for himself and his wife, and a humpy shelter made of gum tree boughs for his white ringer, Phil Fleming.

1969 Australian 7 June 16/1 There's a drawing in Petty's Australia Fair that shows an Aboriginal urchin in front of his family's humpy in the carcass of a Holden.

1971 World Archaeol. 3 168 Structures (termed ‘humpies’ by Europeans) which are the year-round type of dwelling used by mission-dwelling Aborigines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

humpyn.²

Brit.

/ˈhʌmpi/, U.S.

/ˈhəmpi/, Australian English

/ˈhʌmpi/

Forms: Also humpie.

Etymology: < hump n. 1 + -y suffix⁶.

Australian slang.

A camel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun]

olfendeOE

camelc950

oont1815

ship of the desert1823

desert-ship1824

cameloid1888

humpy1934

1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. i. 19 There's a spare riding camel in my outfit you can have... Only you'll have to rough it..rough it hard, too..same as me. But the humpie's there if you want it.

1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. iii. 29 He is the despised ‘humpie’, the ‘filthy camel’.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 214 A camel is an oont or a humpy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

humpyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌmpi/, U.S.

/ˈhəmpi/

Etymology: < hump n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps

bumped1597

hulchy1632

humpy1708

lumpy1708

bumpy1769

hunchy1881

humpty1889

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. iv. 12 This Isle Bossart (or Humpy Island).

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 207 Your genius is humpy, decrepid, and hagged.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. Foreward p. viii The bellowing of the humpy herds.

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

1895 W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman I. 249 Round humpy hills rising abruptly out of it.

b. Out of humour; melancholy, sad. Cf. hump n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

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mournc1275

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matec1330

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sytefula1400

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darkc1440

gloomingc1440

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chermatc1475

tristfula1492

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à la mort1586

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uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

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depressed1621

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grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

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down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

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mumpish1721

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downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]

moodyc1300

distemprec1374

melancholiana1393

solein1399

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

girning1447

melancholyc1450

tetrical1528

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muddy1592

clum1599

dortya1605

humoursome1607

distempereda1616

musty1620

grum1640

agelastic1666

fusty1668

purdy1668

ill-humoured1693

gurly1721

mumpish1721

sunking1724

tetricous1727

sumphish1728

stunkard1737

sulky1744

muggard1746

farouche1765

sombrea1767

glumpy1780

glumpish1800

tiffy1810

splenitive1815

stuffy1825

liverish1828

troglodytish1866

glummy1884

humpy1889

scowly1951

1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat i. 10 Harris said he thought it would be humpy. He said he knew the sort of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight o'clock, and you..had to walk ten miles to get your baccy.

1911 ‘I. Hay’ Safety Match xii. 194 I have got into the way of bringing you my little troubles, and turning to you generally if I felt dismal or humpy.

1920 Glasgow Herald 29 July 4 I mention these facts so that readers may be reassured if they are inclined to be ‘humpy’... Many among us..are never so happy as when they are making themselves miserable by looking at the black side of things.

1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 71 He had found himself tired and wounded and humpy and alone after a day's hunting.

Derivatives

ˈhumpiness n. humpy condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps

lumpiness1805

bumpiness1817

humpiness1888

1888 in Chicago Advance 16 Aug. Its back presented the odd look of ‘humpiness’ or ‘a row of lumps’ along its length.

1896 Daily News 12 June 5/1 Sleeves which, for humpiness and volume, excel even modern absurdity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1873

n.²1934

adj.1708

单词	humpy
释义	humpyn.¹ Brit. /ˈhʌmpi/, U.S. /ˈhəmpi/, Australian English /ˈhʌmpi/ Forms: Also humpey, humpie. Etymology: < Australian Aboriginal oompi, to which ‘has been given an English look, the appearance of the [Aboriginal] huts suggesting the English word hump’ (Morris, Austral Eng.). Australian. An Australian Aboriginal hut. Hence, applied to a very small and primitive house, or hut such as is put up by a settler. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] hulka1000 boothc1200 hull?c1225 lodge1290 hottea1325 holetc1380 tavern1382 scalea1400 schura1400 tugury1412 donjon?a1439 cabinc1440 coshc1490 cabinet1579 bully1598 crib1600 shed1600 hut1637 hovela1640 boorachc1660 barrack1686 bothy1750 corf1770 rancho1819 shanty1820 kraal1832 shelty1834 shackle1835 mia-mia1837 wickiup1838 caboose1839 chantier1849 hangar1852 caban1866 shebang1867 humpy1873 shack1878 hale1885 bach1927 jhuggi1927 favela1961 hokkie1973 1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 228 A ‘gunyia’ or ‘umpee’.] 1873 J. B. Stephens Black Gin 16 Lo, by the ‘humpy’ door, a smockless Venus! 1877 Rep. Secretary Pub. Instruct. Queensland for 1876. 64 The school building [at Mount Brisbane] is a slab humpy. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream xx. 247 He's in bed in the humpy. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 591/2 I knew where this humpie was. 1927 M. Terry Through Land of Promise xiii. 161 The manager's house..had been a small humpie consisting of four stone walls capped by a tin roof. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country viii. 130 They are big tents or humpeys of bark, with flags on top to show if they are English or Russian or some other nation. 1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby i. 14 The old fossicker was..seated outside a bark humpy. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet x. 348 His camp consisted of a tent for himself and his wife, and a humpy shelter made of gum tree boughs for his white ringer, Phil Fleming. 1969 Australian 7 June 16/1 There's a drawing in Petty's Australia Fair that shows an Aboriginal urchin in front of his family's humpy in the carcass of a Holden. 1971 World Archaeol. 3 168 Structures (termed ‘humpies’ by Europeans) which are the year-round type of dwelling used by mission-dwelling Aborigines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). humpyn.² Brit. /ˈhʌmpi/, U.S. /ˈhəmpi/, Australian English /ˈhʌmpi/ Forms: Also humpie. Etymology: < hump n. 1 + -y suffix⁶. Australian slang. A camel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] olfendeOE camelc950 oont1815 ship of the desert1823 desert-ship1824 cameloid1888 humpy1934 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. i. 19 There's a spare riding camel in my outfit you can have... Only you'll have to rough it..rough it hard, too..same as me. But the humpie's there if you want it. 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. iii. 29 He is the despised ‘humpie’, the ‘filthy camel’. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 214 A camel is an oont or a humpy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). humpyadj. Brit. /ˈhʌmpi/, U.S. /ˈhəmpi/ Etymology: < hump n. + -y suffix¹. a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps bumped1597 hulchy1632 humpy1708 lumpy1708 bumpy1769 hunchy1881 humpty1889 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. iv. 12 This Isle Bossart (or Humpy Island). 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 207 Your genius is humpy, decrepid, and hagged. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. Foreward p. viii The bellowing of the humpy herds. 1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road. 1895 W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman I. 249 Round humpy hills rising abruptly out of it. b. Out of humour; melancholy, sad. Cf. hump n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat i. 10 Harris said he thought it would be humpy. He said he knew the sort of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight o'clock, and you..had to walk ten miles to get your baccy. 1911 ‘I. Hay’ Safety Match xii. 194 I have got into the way of bringing you my little troubles, and turning to you generally if I felt dismal or humpy. 1920 Glasgow Herald 29 July 4 I mention these facts so that readers may be reassured if they are inclined to be ‘humpy’... Many among us..are never so happy as when they are making themselves miserable by looking at the black side of things. 1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 71 He had found himself tired and wounded and humpy and alone after a day's hunting. Derivatives ˈhumpiness n. humpy condition. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps lumpiness1805 bumpiness1817 humpiness1888 1888 in Chicago Advance 16 Aug. Its back presented the odd look of ‘humpiness’ or ‘a row of lumps’ along its length. 1896 Daily News 12 June 5/1 Sleeves which, for humpiness and volume, excel even modern absurdity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1873n.²1934adj.1708
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humpyn.1

humpyn.2

humpyadj.

Derivatives

humpyn.¹

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