dumps (generally in the plural when signifying)
low spirits, melancholy:
“in your dumps,”
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, ii. 1.
276
;
“to step out of these dreary dumps,”
TITUS ANDRONICUS, i. 1. 391
;
“doleful dumps the mind oppress,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, iv. 5.
124.
(
“Morne. Sad, heauie . . . in a
melancholie mood, all in dumps.”
Cotgrave's Fr. and Engl.
Dict.
)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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