10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMPISHNESS»
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1
The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins
I have been much altered, and really I believe for the better, since I came to this
place ; my old-fashioned mumpishness, distance, and silence have quite passed
away, and I am positively one of the most social men you ever met with. And not ...
James Handasyd Perkins, William Henry Channing, 1851
2
A Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages
Mumper, 8. Mendigo. Mumping, а. El acto do mascar con la boca cerrada;
mendiguez. MumpUh, a. Moroso, intratable, malhumorado. Habilidad.
Mumpishness, я. Cefto ; morosidad ; inso- Murnps, a. Murria; papóras, parótidas.
To Munch, va.
Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, 1865
3
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... gwawd, gwatwar Mumpish,mym'-pish, a. mudsarug,gwrth- gas, cildyn, cyndyn,
ysdyfnig, sarug, sorddigus, sur, swr, cuchiog Mumpishness, mym'-pish-nes, s.
sarig- rwydd, afrywiogrwydd, anfoddogrwydd, drengder, drengedd Mumps,
mymps ...
4
The universal etymological English dictionary
MUMPISH, sullen. MUMPISHNESS, sullenness. MUNDA'NENESS [of mundanus,
I. ] worldl'ness. MU'NDATORY Medicines [with Surgeons] medicines that ate
proper for cleansing ulcers. MUNDU'NGUS, stinking tobacco. 1 MU'NDUS
Patens ...
But these are not the things I must write you of — only all tender sympathy for
your miserable mumpishness and thanks, exceeding and abounding, for the
Cunard service, so nobly and promptly performed. I wired you an hour ago that I
would ...
Henry James, Leon Edel, 1984
He felt happy, despite Mr Benjamin's mumpishness, which he forgave, as heat
often makes lighter-skinned people ill-humoured. The work was going well here
in the bay, proceeding entirely to plan. To his surprise, the presence of women on
...
Richard James Bentley, 2013
7
A Pocket Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages
... mendigo Mûmping, ». el acto de mascar con boca cerrada, mendiguez
Múmptsh, a. moroso Mumpishness, ». ceno Múmpi, ». murria, mal humor, angina
To Munch, ra. mascar ó masticar advocado, grandes Múncher, ». tragón
Municipality, ...
8
The Poor Preachers: The Adventures of the First Lollards
... his poverty than the state of his soul. His response was that the locals had too
much to think about just getting by without arguing over theological questions. 'If
such mumpishness prevaileth in this place,' confided William sadly 197 The ...
Arthur D. Bardswell, 2011
2. sulkiness, moroseness, mumpishness, glumness, moodiness; resentfulness,
bitterness, embitteredness; acrimoniousness, acerbity, choler, spleen, bile, gall; ir
- ritableness, irritability, irascibleness, irascibility, petulance, peevishness, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
10
The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...
He has not his equal among my neighbours for singin , and far exceeding any'
that I see in ealth and cleanliness, being totally free from gout _Or mumpishness.
The family of this bird is nearly extinct, not having had. the privilege of these ...
