mumpy

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/ˈmʌmpi/

adjective

Suffering from mumps.

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Meanings

adjectivemumpy (comparative more mumpy, superlative most mumpy)

comparative more mumpy · superlative most mumpy

  1. informalSuffering from mumps.

    An awful struggle for Primrose. Her chin stretched up above a mumpy neck. Sister Raymond put a wet cloth on her forehead, dribbled some water across her mouth.

    1995, Thomas Keneally, A river town
  2. informalSwelling; resembling mumps.

Origin

From mumps + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mumpy

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APA

mumpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumpy

MLA

“mumpy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumpy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mumpy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumpy.

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