dumpy
adjective
1.
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- “some people seem born to be square and chunky”
- “a dumpy little dumpling of a woman”
- “dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears”
- “a little church with a squat tower”
- “a squatty red smokestack”
- “a stumpy ungainly figure”
Origin
First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.
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