lumpen

Etymology 1
Shortened from, from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to social outcasts.
 * 2) * 2014, (tr. ),  (2014 English of 2002 book):
 * 3) ** A little lumpen novelita. [Story of orphaned teenagers turning to crime.]
 * 4) Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
 * 5) Plebeian.

Translations

 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1) A member of the lumpenproletariat.

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) Lump-like.
 * 2) * 1968,,  magazine interview, September 1968, page 94:
 * [About prominent critics lambasting his film 2001:] New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema.

Etymology 3
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) lumpenproletarian

Noun

 * 1) underclass, hoi polloi

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) low, mean (mean in an uncalled-for, often petty way)
 * 2) paltry, lousy (insignificant)
 * 1) paltry, lousy (insignificant)

Noun

 * 1)  military service