SLUMPY

Etymology

Adjective

slumpy (comparative slumpier, )

Characteristic of an economic slump.

(informal) Slumping or sagging, or tending to slump or sag.

(UK, US, dialect) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy.

Synonyms

• (easily broken through): poachy, queachy, uliginous; see also marshy

Source: Wiktionary


Slump"y, a.

Definition: Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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