ˈfrəmpish, -pēsh adjective
1. archaic : cross , scornful
2. : generally uninteresting or unattractive : dowdy , dull , old-fashioned
nothing is so frumpish as last year's gambling game — Nancy Mitford
— used especially of a woman
a frumpish middle-aged spinster — Carol Field
frumpish in a lacy old-fashioned way — Edmund Wilson
a frumpish old maid — Louis Bromfield
• frump·ish·ly adverb
• frump·ish·ness noun -es