umberella

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formed by epenthesis.

Noun[edit]

umberella (plural umberellas)

  1. (dated, colloquial) umbrella
    • 1893, David Herschell Edwards, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, volume 15:
      When days and years proclaim you’re old —
       A dottle, cripple, gouty fellow,
      Then for support you can lay hold
       O’ the upright of your umberella.
    • 1946, Fred Astaire, Puttin' On the Ritz (song, based on 1927 version by Irving Berlin)
      Come, let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks / Or umberellas in their mitts / Puttin' on the ritz.
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