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Dictionary: frump   (frŭmp) pronunciation
n.
  1. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.
  2. 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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adj

Definition: dowdy
Antonyms: fashionable


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
  Synonym: dog


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gammel sjuske, kedeligt drys

Nederlands (Dutch)
slons, ouderwets/saai persoon

Français (French)
n. - femme mal fagotée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vogelscheuche

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κακοντυμένη γυναίκα

Italiano (Italian)
donna trasandata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mulher (f) antiquada e deselegante

Русский (Russian)
неряха, старомодно и плохо одетая женщина

Español (Spanish)
n. - mujer desaliñada, adefesio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tantaktigt fruntimmer

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
守旧者, 邋遢的女人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 守舊者, 邋遢的女人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 옷차림이 누추한 여자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - うすぎたない女, 地味で古い人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) امرأة رثه الملابس , محافظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרושל-לבוש, אישה מרושלת ולא אופנתית‬


 
 
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frumpish
Pudlo (family name)
frampel

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