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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.

humpy

1

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

noun

  1. a primitive hut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


humpy

2

/ ˈhʌmpɪ /

adjective

  1. full of humps
  2. informal.
    angry or gloomy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈhumpiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • humpi·ness noun
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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 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of humpy1

C19: from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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