Definition of Frumpish

1. Adjective. Primly out of date. "Nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

Exact synonyms: Dowdy, Frumpy
Similar to: Unfashionable, Unstylish
Derivative terms: Dowdiness, Frump

Definition of Frumpish

1. a. Cross-tempered; scornful.

Definition of Frumpish

1. Adjective. Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing. More typically used to describe women than men. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frumpish

1. frump [adj] - See also: frump

Medical Definition of Frumpish

1. 1. Cross-tempered; scornful. 2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. "Our Bell . . . Looked very frumpish." (Foote) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frumpish

frumentary
frumentation
frumenties
frumenty
frump
frumped
frumper
frumperies
frumpers
frumpery
frumpier
frumpiest
frumpily
frumpiness
frumping
frumpish (current term)
frumpishly
frumpishness
frumple
frumpled
frumples
frumpling
frumps
frumpy
frusemide
frush
frushed
frushes
frushing
frusht

Literary usage of Frumpish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Past: Reminiscences of the Courts of Austria and Bavaria; Together with by Marie Louise von Wallersee-Larisch (1913)
"... the part—Her opinion of frumpish Royalties—/ see the Baroness Vetsera for the first time—Hunting in Bohemia—The special train— Elizabeth relates a ..."

2. English Etymologyby George William Lemon by George William Lemon (1783)
"... from Virgil j where he makes Turnus fay, frumpish, " a Teut. krum ; from whence come our words crumple, and rumple ; curvus : vel à ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"frumpish. Scornful; contemptuous; pee ish ; froward. Var. dial. of highly injurious mineral poisons. ..."

4. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"FRUMP, FRUMPY, frumpish, FRUMPS. The first term is of reproach, ... If insolent withal, she would be said to be frumpy, or frumpish, or " in her frumps. ..."

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