Gampish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of Sarah Gamp, a dissolute, sloppy and drunken nurse in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).

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Meanings

adjectiveGampish (comparative more Gampish, superlative most Gampish)

comparative more Gampish · superlative most Gampish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Sarah Gamp, a dissolute, sloppy and drunken nurse in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).

Origin

From Gamp + -ish.

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APA

Gampish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gampish

MLA

“Gampish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gampish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gampish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gampish.

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