sumphn.¹

Brit.

/sʌmf/, U.S.

/səm(p)f/, Scottish English

/sʌmf/

Forms: Scottish 1700s 1700s– sumph, 1700s 1900s– sumf, 1800s sumff; English regional (northern) 1800s sumph.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps an expressive formation. Perhaps compare grumph n.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

A slow-witted or stupid person; a fool, simpleton. Also: a surly or sullen person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness > person

chuffc1440

queer cuffin1567

curmudgeon1587

cormullion1596

chuff-cat1653

sumph1682

surly-boots1710

Ursa Major1773

gruffy1802

1682 in Paisley Mag. (1828) 1 Oct. 527/2 For calling the councell convenit in the tolbuith..ane pack of beasts and sumphs.

?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 14 Thrawn gabet Sumphs that snarl At our frank Lines.

1789 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 289 When noble souls ly in the dirt, While sumphs jump up so high.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 304 It's doing him an honour him or his never deserved at our hand, the ungracious sumph.

1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 808 A Sumph..is a chiel to whom Natur has denied ony considerable share o' understaunin', without hae'n chose to mak him just altogether an indisputable idiot.

1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xiii. 119 in Grampian Quartet (2001) That great sumph of a man that lives near Marty.

1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts xi. 168 He'd spend ages telling me how he wasn't scared and showing off then expect me to rescue him and protect his vanity from knowing he's a useless big sumph.

Derivatives

sumphy adj. (and n.) (of a person) slow-witted, stupid; foolish; (also) surly, sullen; cf. sumphish adj.In quot. 1831 as n.: (with the) slow-witted or stupid people considered collectively.

ΚΠ

1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 808 I've ken't sumphs no that ill spellers. But then..about some sax or seven years auld, the mind of the sumphie is seen to be stationary.

1866 J. Smith Merry Bridal o' Firthmains 17 While sumphy dour grumphy Gies aye the ither squeel.

1895 W. Stewart Lilts & Larks frae Larkie 37 The maister thocht him ‘sumphy’ but I..considered aye wee Tamie mair rogue a lump than fule.

2018 @muckledug 7 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Like a sumphy kid in the backseat going on a trip he doesn't fancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† sumphn.²

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier bump n.², thump n., and also later wumph n. N.E.D. (1917) gives the pronunciation as (sɒmf)

/sʌmf/.

Obsolete. rare.

A short, deep, flat sound made by the impact of something heavy and limp. Cf. wumph n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact

flop1823

sumph1844

tump-tump1917

1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxi. 167 With a heavy sumph the body fell from their hands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

sumphv.

Brit.

/sʌmf/, U.S.

/səm(p)f/, Scottish English

/sʌmf/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sumph n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < sumph n.¹

Scottish.

intransitive. To act stupidly; (later also) to loaf about in a dull or stupid manner; to sulk, to be sullen. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in the north-east and midlands of Scotland in 1971.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > be stupid [verb (intransitive)]

sumpha1689

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)]

to have pissed on a nettle1546

mumpc1610

to sell souse1611

sullena1652

sumpha1689

frump1693

hatch1694

sunk1724

mug?c1730

purt1746

sulk1781

to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801

strum1804

boody1857

sull1869

grump1875

to hump the back1889

to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 113 They're skant of wit Who..Will sumph and vote they wot not what.

1828 D. Wood Poems 184 Sae dinna gang and sumph and sour.

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 73 Liein' sumphin' an' sleepin' i' the middle o' the forenicht.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1682

n.²1844

v.a1689

单词	sumph
释义	sumphn.¹ Brit. /sʌmf/, U.S. /səm(p)f/, Scottish English /sʌmf/ Forms: Scottish 1700s 1700s– sumph, 1700s 1900s– sumf, 1800s sumff; English regional (northern) 1800s sumph. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps an expressive formation. Perhaps compare grumph n. Scottish and English regional (northern). A slow-witted or stupid person; a fool, simpleton. Also: a surly or sullen person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness > person chuffc1440 queer cuffin1567 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 chuff-cat1653 sumph1682 surly-boots1710 Ursa Major1773 gruffy1802 1682 in Paisley Mag. (1828) 1 Oct. 527/2 For calling the councell convenit in the tolbuith..ane pack of beasts and sumphs. ?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 14 Thrawn gabet Sumphs that snarl At our frank Lines. 1789 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 289 When noble souls ly in the dirt, While sumphs jump up so high. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 304 It's doing him an honour him or his never deserved at our hand, the ungracious sumph. 1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 808 A Sumph..is a chiel to whom Natur has denied ony considerable share o' understaunin', without hae'n chose to mak him just altogether an indisputable idiot. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xiii. 119 in Grampian Quartet (2001) That great sumph of a man that lives near Marty. 1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts xi. 168 He'd spend ages telling me how he wasn't scared and showing off then expect me to rescue him and protect his vanity from knowing he's a useless big sumph. Derivatives sumphy adj. (and n.) (of a person) slow-witted, stupid; foolish; (also) surly, sullen; cf. sumphish adj.In quot. 1831 as n.: (with the) slow-witted or stupid people considered collectively. ΚΠ 1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 808 I've ken't sumphs no that ill spellers. But then..about some sax or seven years auld, the mind of the sumphie is seen to be stationary. 1866 J. Smith Merry Bridal o' Firthmains 17 While sumphy dour grumphy Gies aye the ither squeel. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts & Larks frae Larkie 37 The maister thocht him ‘sumphy’ but I..considered aye wee Tamie mair rogue a lump than fule. 2018 @muckledug 7 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Like a sumphy kid in the backseat going on a trip he doesn't fancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sumphn.² Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier bump n.², thump n., and also later wumph n. N.E.D. (1917) gives the pronunciation as (sɒmf) /sʌmf/. Obsolete. rare. A short, deep, flat sound made by the impact of something heavy and limp. Cf. wumph n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact flop1823 sumph1844 tump-tump1917 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxi. 167 With a heavy sumph the body fell from their hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). sumphv. Brit. /sʌmf/, U.S. /səm(p)f/, Scottish English /sʌmf/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sumph n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < sumph n.¹ Scottish. intransitive. To act stupidly; (later also) to loaf about in a dull or stupid manner; to sulk, to be sullen. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in the north-east and midlands of Scotland in 1971. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > be stupid [verb (intransitive)] sumpha1689 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)] to have pissed on a nettle1546 mumpc1610 to sell souse1611 sullena1652 sumpha1689 frump1693 hatch1694 sunk1724 mug?c1730 purt1746 sulk1781 to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801 strum1804 boody1857 sull1869 grump1875 to hump the back1889 to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969 a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 113 They're skant of wit Who..Will sumph and vote they wot not what. 1828 D. Wood Poems 184 Sae dinna gang and sumph and sour. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 73 Liein' sumphin' an' sleepin' i' the middle o' the forenicht. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1682n.²1844v.a1689
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Derivatives

† sumphn.2

sumphv.

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