frump

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (colloquial) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
2. (colloquial) Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
3. A bad-tempered person.
4. (obsolete) A flout or snub.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
2. To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.

Sinónimos

dog

🐕

guy

hag

jackstraw

old maid

malkin

tubby person

jack-straw

bagger

scank

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɹʌmp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: frumpylle

In summary

Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.