See Also: -itis(medicine)
itis(dictionary)
itis(dictionary)
glut itis(medicine)

lumpen (iou) and itis (oh)


lumpen (iou)



lumpen adjective & noun. derog. M20.
[Back-form. from LUMPENPROLETARIAT.]
A. adjective. Ignorantly contented, boorish, stupid; uninterested in revolutionary advancement. Also joined to the noun qualified. M20.
A. Brookner Her lumpen immobility, her absorption in the cat. Spectator A lumpen-intelligentsia of declasse students.
b. noun collect. pl. The class of those who are lumpen. L20.

itis (oh)



[Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, from -ites; -ITE]
an illness or infection that effects a particular part of your body
::tonsillitis (=infection of thetonsils)
humorous the condition of having too much of something or liking something too much
::televisionitis (=watching too much Television)