Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sumph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sumph
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dunce; a blockhead.

noun

Obsolete form of sump (“lowest part of a mineshaft, into which water drains”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"His daughter, that sumph that was Mistress Bruce, fair jumped as she heard the bang of the door [...]."

Etymology

Unknown.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sumphs (plural)

Derived Forms

sumphish

Questions

What does sumph mean?: A dunce; a blockhead.
Where does sumph come from?: Unknown.

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