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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1804
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‡DUMPH, adj., n.
1. adj. Dull, inert.Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 14:
He surely is a heartless sumph, That lolls about the ingle dumph, On sic a day as this.
2. n. A dull, stupid person (Abd. 1900 E.D.D.; Abd.15 1949).
[An onomat. formation based on dump(s); cf. Dumpish, Dumpit.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Dumph adj., n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/dumph>
