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frump

noun
/fɹʌmp/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from verrompelen
  2. inherited from frumpylle

Definitions

  1. A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.

    • You look like such a frump today!
    • Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.

  2. Unattractive, dowdy clothes.

    • Get that frump off – it's horrid!

  3. A bad-tempered person.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A flout or snub.

    2. To insult

      To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

      • Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!

    3. To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.

    4. Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946).

      • Had he done so---Frump might have kept a FEW latino voters / As it is---FRUMP Shot his own balls off (if he has any left)
      • Yep, Frump refuses to say how he's going to make America great again.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA