FRUMPISH


Meaning of FRUMPISH in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.