sumph

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noun

A dunce; a blockhead.

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Meanings

sumph1

nounsumph (plural sumphs)

plural sumphs

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandA dunce; a blockhead.

    His daughter, that sumph that was Mistress Bruce, fair jumped as she heard the bang of the door [...].

    1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 312

sumph2

nounsumph (plural sumphs)

plural sumphs

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of sump (“lowest part of a mineshaft, into which water drains”).

Origin

Unknown.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

shmup
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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