frumpish
noun
1.
a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
2.
a dull, old-fashioned person.
Origin:
1545–55; origin uncertain
1545–55; origin uncertain
Related forms
frump·ish, adjective
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| —n | |
| a woman who is dowdy, drab, or unattractive | |
| [C16 (in the sense: to be sullen; C19: dowdy woman): from Middle Dutch verrompelen to wrinkle, | |
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| frumpy or frumpish (ˈfrʌmpɪ, ˈfrʌmpɪʃ) | |
| —adj | |
| (of a woman, clothes, etc) dowdy, drab, or unattractive | |
| frumpish or frumpish | |
| —adj | |
| frumpily or frumpish | |
| —adv | |
| frumpishly or frumpish | |
| —adv | |
| frumpiness or frumpish | |
| —n | |
| frumpishness or frumpish | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
frump
"cross, unstylish person" 1817, perhaps from frumple (v.) "to wrinkle" (late 14c.). Cf. also frumpy.
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