frumpy

English

WOTD – 12 March 2009

Etymology

Either frump or Middle English frumple +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌm.pi/
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Adjective

frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)

Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
(dated) Bad-tempered.

Related terms

Translations

dowdy, unfashionable

Dutch: ouderwets (nl), stijlloos (nl)
Finnish: tyylitön
French: démodé (fr)
German: ohne jeden Schick, stillos (de)

Portuguese: antiquado (pt), ultrapassado (pt), "démodé (pt)"
Russian: безвку́сный (ru) (bezvkúsnyj), немо́дный (ru) (nemódnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: neukusno (sh), demodirano, staromodno (sh)

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