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Dampish vs Dumpish - What's the difference?

dampish | dumpish |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between dampish and dumpish

is that dampish is (obsolete) characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky while dumpish is (obsolete) stupid, dull.

As adjectives the difference between dampish and dumpish

is that dampish is (obsolete) characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky while dumpish is (obsolete) stupid, dull.

dampish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • All suddenly dim woxe the dampish ayre, / And griesly shadowes couered heauen bright [...].
  • Moderately damp or moist.

    • Derived terms

    * dampishly * dampishness

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    dumpish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Stupid, dull.
  • Sad, melancholy.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:But at last they found, she was but in a deepe study, and dumpish retracting into her selfe, exercising her minde, and preparing her voice.

    • Derived terms

    * dumpishly * dumpishness