frump.
A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
Meaning & usage
A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
You look like such a frump today!
Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
Get that frump off – it's horrid!
A bad-tempered person.
A flout or snub.
Where this word comes from
Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.
To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
Where this word comes from
Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.
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