Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dumpy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dumpy \Dump"y\, a. [Compar. {Dumpier}; superl. {Dumpiest}.] [
1. From {Dump} a short ill-shapen piece.
2. From {Dump} sadness.]
1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately
stout.
2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dumpy
adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
"dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";
"a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky},
{low-set}, {squat}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
2: short and fat [syn: {podgy}, {pudgy}, {tubby}]
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