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lumpkin

/lˈʌmpkɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
lump-kin
IPA
/lˈʌmpkɪn/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small city, the county seat of Stewart County, Georgia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A clumsy, heavy, stupid, silly or blundering person.

Etymology

After Tony Lumpkin, an ignorant young man in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1771; first performed 1773).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Lumpkins (plural)

Phrases

Lumpkin County

Rhymes With

pumpkin bumpkin

Questions

How do you pronounce lumpkin?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈʌmpkɪn/.
What does lumpkin mean?
A surname.
Where does lumpkin come from?
After Tony Lumpkin, an ignorant young man in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1771; first performed 1773).

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