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Word: Frump
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple ‘wrinkle’, from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally denoted a mocking speech or action; later (in the plural) ill humour, the sulks; hence a bad-tempered, (later) dowdy woman (early 19th century)
frʌmp
an unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes.
Short Definition:unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes
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