Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mushrump

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mushrump
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mushroom, fungus.

Archaic

noun

Upstart, a person who has quickly and undeservedly gained their position, power or wealth.

Archaic; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Bozzacchio, an acorne. Also a puffe or mushrump full of dust."
"[…] you, whose pastime / Is to make midnight-Mushrumps, that reioyce / To heare the solemne Curfewe […]"
"[M]en, if Fame ſay true, / Here at the firſt from ſhower-rayſd muſhrumps grew, […]"
"So shall we haue the people of our side, / Which for his fathers sake leane to the king, / But cannot brooke a night growne mushrump, / Such a one as my Lord of Cornewall is […]"
"You Court ſpaniell, you vnneceſſarie muſhrump, that in one night art ſprung out of the roote of greatnes, […]"
"Oh here is a mushrump Phylosopher! shotte vppe since yesterday:"

Usage

Inflected Forms

mushrumps (plural)

Questions

What does mushrump mean?: Mushroom, fungus.

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