MUMPISH

PRONUNCIATION: (MUHM-pish)

MEANING: adjective: Sullen; silent; depressed.

ETYMOLOGY: From mump (grimace), perhaps of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1721.
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MUMPSISH - having swollen, inflamed parotids (and testicles, too, if you're unlucky)

MUMFISH - head of the Piscatorial school

GUMPISH - heavily wooded, like a Forrest (or like Andy if you insist)