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frumpery

noun

Etymology

From frump + -ery.

  1. derived from verrompelen
  2. inherited from frumpylle
  3. suffixed as frumpery — “frump + ery”

Definitions

  1. Frumpish appearance or behaviour.

    • Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
    • The flick he gave over her robe-clad body was dismissive, adding further to her feelings of frumpery.

The neighborhood

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