frumpy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y.
Meanings
-
Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
2015 July 23, Siobhan Roberts, “John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician”, in The Guardian:
- (dated) Bad-tempered.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frumpier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| frumpiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
frumpily · frumpiness · frump · frumple
Translations (19)
sh staromodno (dowdy, unfashionable) · vi lếch thếch (dowdy, unfashionable) · pt ultrapassado (dowdy, unfashionable) · de stillos (dowdy, unfashionable) · nl ouderwets (dowdy, unfashionable) · es sin gracia (dowdy, unfashionable) · sh demodirano (dowdy, unfashionable) · fr démodé (dowdy, unfashionable) · nl stijlloos (dowdy, unfashionable) · sh neukusno (dowdy, unfashionable) · pt antiquado (dowdy, unfashionable) · pt "démodé" (dowdy, unfashionable) · vi lôi thôi (dowdy, unfashionable) · fi tyylitön (dowdy, unfashionable) · ru немо́дный (dowdy, unfashionable) · ru безвку́сный (dowdy, unfashionable) · es mal vestido (dowdy, unfashionable) · de ohne jeden Schick (dowdy, unfashionable) · sv tantig (dowdy, unfashionable)