dumpy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.

So I tell him: "It's one of the dumpiest rookeries in the burg. — Just a bit too fast, Hal Moore
A dumpy little man edged through the crowd and peered into the woman's face. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
The Sister of Mercy and the girl had vanished behind the dumpy earth-bag walls. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

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