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Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from lomp (“rag”). Compare West Frisian lomp (“rude”), German Low German Lump (“bounder; cad”), German Lump (“rogue; cad”).
Adjective
lomp (comparative lomper, superlative lompst)
- coarse; rude; surly; boorish; unrefined; uncouth; unsophisticated; unmannered
Zeg, lompe boer, staat/trapt eens op uw eigen tenen!- Hey, unmannered boor, step on your own toes, will you!
- (chiefly southern) dumb
Hoe kunt ge nu zo lomp zijn niet te weten hoeveel twee plus twee is?!- How can you be so dumb not knowing how much is two plus two?
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *lumpa-, related to *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”), similar to German Lumpen (“tatter, rag”).
Noun
lomp f (plural lompen)
- a rag
- Synonyms: lor, vod
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