frump
English
/fɹʌmp/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
- (uncountable) The clothes that such a person would wear.
- (countable) A bad-tempered person.
- (obsolete) A flout or snub.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English frumple (wrinkle) derived from Middle Dutch verrompelen affix from English rump.
Origin
English
rump
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rumper English
- frumper English
- frumpery English
- frumpish English
- frumpishly English
- frumpishness English
- frumpy English
- rump English
- rumpalicious English
- rumped English
- rumpie English
- rumpless English
- rumpologist English
- rumpology English
- rumpy English
- white-rumped hawk English
- whiterump English
- frumple Middle English
- rumpe Middle English
- verrompelen Middle Dutch