humpy

¹

[ huhm-pee ]

adjective

, hump·i·er, hump·i·est.

1. full of humps.
2. resembling a hump; humplike.

humpy

²

[ huhm-pee ]

noun

, Australian.

, plural hum·pies.

1. any crude Aboriginal hut or shelter, especially a shanty built at the edge of a town.

humpy

³

or hump·ie

[ huhm-pee ]

noun

, plural hump·ies.

1. humpback salmon.

humpy

¹

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

noun

1. a primitive hut

humpy

²

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

adjective

1. full of humps
2. informal.
   angry or gloomy

Derived Forms

• ˈhumpiness, noun

Other Words From

• humpi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of humpy¹

First recorded in 1700–10; hump + -y ¹

Origin of humpy²

First recorded in 1840–50; from Tharapal (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken between Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, southern Queensland), recorded as umpī (with an intrusive h )

Origin of humpy³

hump(back) + -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of humpy¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

The humpy was divided into three rooms, two bedrooms and a general room.

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Far below, on the plain, which looked humpy from this altitude, two mounted figures were approaching.

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Humpy, the one-eyed, jumped to the windows and jammed the green shades close into the frames.

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Whereupon Shaver appreciatively poked his forefinger into Humpy's surviving optic.

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Even Humpy, now enjoying a peace that he had rarely known outside the walls of prison, even Humpy would be bitter.

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