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Frump
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frump

  [fruhmp]
–noun
1. a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
2. a dull, old-fashioned person.
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Origin:
1545–55; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
frumpish, adjective
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frump   (frŭmp)   
n.  

  1. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.

  2. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate.


[Possibly short for Middle English frumple, wrinkle, from Middle Dutch verrompelen, to wrinkle : ver-, completely; see per1 in Indo-European roots + rompelen, to wrinkle.]
frump'i·ly adv., frump'i·ness n., frump'y adj.
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