Dump"i*ness (?), n. The state of being dumpy.
Dump"ish, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. " A . . . dumpish and sour life." Lord Herbert.
-- Dump"ish*ly, adv. -- Dump"ish*ness, n.
Dum"ple (?), v. t. [See Dumpling.] To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.]
He was a little man, dumpled up together.
Sir W. Scott.
Dump"ling (?), n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.] A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
Dump"y (?), a. [Compar. Dumpier (?); superl. Dumpiest.] [1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.] 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.