n.
- A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.
- A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate.
[Possibly short for Middle English frumple, wrinkle, from Middle Dutch verrompelen, to wrinkle : ver-, completely + rompelen, to wrinkle.]
frumpily frump'i·ly adv.frumpiness frump'i·ness n.
frumpy frump'y adj.
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