🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

矮胖的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ǎi pàng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dumpy/ˈdʌm.pi/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他坐在一个矮胖的小凳子上。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Short and thick in build; squat.

    "He sat on a dumpy little stool by the fireplace."
  2. 2

    Dull, depressed, or sullen in mood.

    "She felt rather dumpy after spending the entire rainy afternoon indoors alone."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun dump in the sense of a dull or low state, combined with the suffix -y to denote possessing such qualities. First appearing in the late 18th century, it originally described someone dejected or sullen, but by the mid-19th century shifted primarily to describe short and stout physical proportions.

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