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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dump·y a. [Compar. Dumpier superl. Dumpiest.] [
 1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.]
1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
 2. Sullen or discontented.  See 2nd {dump1}. [Prov. Eng.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dumpy
      adj 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" [syn: chunky,
              low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy]
      2: short and fat [syn: podgy, pudgy, tubby]
      [also: dumpiest, dumpier]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dumpier
      See dumpy