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English
Etymology 1
From mump + -ish.
Adjective
mumpish (comparative more mumpish, superlative most mumpish)
- sulking, mopey
- You mumpish beefalo (you sulky old cow).
Translations
Etymology 2
From mumps + -ish.
Adjective
mumpish (comparative more mumpish, superlative most mumpish)
- (colloquial) Suffering from mumps (the disease).
1932, Improvement Era, volume 36, page 895:I wouldn't mind being sick if I could look interesting, but mumps! The funny thing is, I haven't had time to get them from these children and must have been exposed before. […] [S]omehow I was feeling far from well, myself, and when Dr. Weston came about ten o'clock he broke the dreadful news that I was mumpish too, and sent me off to bed.