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frump
[ fruhmp ]
noun
- a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- a dull, old-fashioned person.
frump
/ frʌmp /
noun
- a woman who is dowdy, drab, or unattractive
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Other Words From
- frumpish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frump1
First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frump1
C16 (in the sense: to be sullen; C19: dowdy woman): from Middle Dutch verrompelen to wrinkle, rumple
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Example Sentences
The typecasting as wallflowers and frumps confused her.
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The 38 outfits designed for Diana by William Ivey Long dramatized how she transformed herself from kindergarten teacher to royal frump to executive princess to international fashion plate far better than the writers did.
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When we first meet her, she’s a frump, virtually a nonentity, an overweight pastor’s spouse, invisible except as a “warm cloud of momminess.”
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Mohammed is amusing as the nervous sycophant, as is Jane Stanness as a frump whose submerged libido and unsuspected spying skill are played for laughs.
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The rest insist I am a joyless frump.
From The Guardian
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