lumpy

lumpy

English

Etymology

lump +‎ -y

Adjective

lumpy (comparative lumpier, superlative lumpiest)

1. Full of lumps, not smooth.

   I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.

2. Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.

Derived terms

• lumpily

Translations

full of lumps

Bulgarian: пихтиен (pihtien) Finnish: nystyräinen French: grumeleux (fr) Irish: fadharcánach, cnapánach Old Irish: cnoccach Latin: tūberōsus Maori: hōpūpū, huahua, pōkurukuru Norwegian: Bokmål: klumpete Nynorsk: klumpete

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: грудвичаст Roman: grudvičast Spanish: grumoso (es) Swedish: klimpig

characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy

Maori: hīngarungaru, hīnarunaru

Anagrams

• plumy