- frumpy
- adjective (frumpier; -est) Date: circa 1840 dowdy, drab
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frumpy — UK [ˈfrʌmpɪ] / US [ˈfrʌmpɪ] or frumpish UK [ˈfrʌmpɪʃ] / US adjective Word forms frumpy : adjective frumpy comparative frumpier superlative frumpiest wearing clothes that are not attractive or fashionable … English dictionary
Frumpy — Allgemeine Informationen Herkunft Hamburg Gründung 1969 Auflösung August 1972 Neugründung 1990 1995 … Deutsch Wikipedia
frumpy — 1746, cross tempered, from frump (n.) bad temper (1660s) and an earlier verb meaning to mock, browbeat (1550s), of obscure origin, perhaps imitative of a sneer or derisive snort. Sense of sour looking, unfashionable is from 1825, but this may be… … Etymology dictionary
frumpy — [adj] dowdy badly dressed, baggy, blowsy*, dingy, drab, dull, frumpish, homely, old fashioned, outdated, plain, poorly dressed, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, unstylish; concept 589 … New thesaurus
frumpy — [[t]frʌ̱mpi[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a woman or her clothes as frumpy, you mean that her clothes are dull and not fashionable. I looked so frumpy next to these women. ...bulky, frumpy clothes. Syn: dowdy … English dictionary
frumpy — adjective /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ,ˈfɹʌm.pi/ a) Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers. b) Ill or bad tempered. See Also: frump, frumpily … Wiktionary
frumpy — frump|y [ˈfrʌmpi] adj also frump|ish [ˈfrʌmpıʃ] a woman who is frumpy looks unattractive because she dresses in old fashioned clothes … Dictionary of contemporary English
frumpy — also frump.ish adjective a woman who is frumpy looks unattractive because she dresses in old fashioned clothes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
frumpy — frump ► NOUN ▪ an unattractive woman who wears dowdy old fashioned clothes. DERIVATIVES frumpy adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting a mocking speech or action, later sulkiness: probably from Dutch verrompelen wrinkle … English terms dictionary
Frumpy the Clown — Infobox comic strip title=Frumpy the Clown caption= creator=Judd Winick current= status=Concluded syndicate=Creators Syndicate genre=Humor first=1996 06 01 last=1998 07 07 Frumpy the Clown is a comic strip written and illustrated by Judd Winick… … Wikipedia
