What Does the Word Tumphy?
A Dull, Stupid, Lumpish Person, a Dolt Sometimes Applied to a Spoiled Child, a “Softy” (Wm. Sc. 1808 Jam. , 1868 Laird of Logan App. 521, Tumph(Ie); Per. 1905...
A dull, stupid, lumpish person, a dolt sometimes applied to a spoiled child, a “softy” (wm.Sc. 1808 Jam., 1868 Laird of Logan App. 521, tumph(ie); Per. 1905 E.D.D.; em.Sc.(a), Edb., wm.Sc., Dmf., Slk. 1973).
What does Tumphy mean?
tumphy in British English
(ˈtʌmfɪ) nounWord forms: plural -phies Scottish. 1. informal. a foolish person.
What is a Tumfy?
1 : to rise in a tumor : swell. 2 : to become puffed up (as with pride)