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frumpy

UK/ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/ US/ˈfɹʌm.pi/ uncommon dated

adjective

1.

primly out of date

  • “nothing so frumpish as last year”

Origin

Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y.

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