humpy
/ˈhʌmpi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised by humps, uneven.
noun
Alternative form of humpie.
noun
noun
A temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "A very weary small boy and a weary father and mother were soon asleep in the hardest and humpiest bed ever made."
- "The cab height was reduced, but the front fenders looked higher and humpier."
- "The sand dollars adjust the gaps between individuals depending on flow speed, and populations from more sheltered locations consist of slightly humpier (more cambered) individuals with greater lift coefficients."
- "The artist [Michelangelo] spends most of his time avoiding the Pope's clutches and pursuing his humpy, young models about the city and the studio."
- "On a Friday night, Tom went upstairs to the second-floor show bar at the club to see the final show, and decided that Oscar had really underpraised the dancers – as each one entered, he appeared to be even humpier and better-hung than the ones before."
- "Tell you what it was just like. Reminded me of it even at the time: that picture of Napoleon coming back from Moscow. The Reverend was Napoleon, and we were the generals; and if there were three humpier men walking the streets of London at that moment I should have liked to have seen them."
Etymology
From hump + -y.
Word Breakdown
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