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an old frump

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  • Frump — Frump, n. 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. A cross, old fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frump — ► NOUN ▪ an unattractive woman who wears dowdy old fashioned clothes. DERIVATIVES frumpy adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting a mocking speech or action, later sulkiness: probably from Dutch verrompelen wrinkle …   English terms dictionary

  • old woman — Synonyms and related words: Lord Fauntleroy, Methuselah, Percy, antediluvian, antique, back number, beldam, better half, chicken, common law wife, concubine, conservative, cream puff, crone, dad, dame, dodo, dowager, effeminate, elder, feme, feme …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frump — frumpish, adj. /frump/, n. 1. a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive. 2. a dull, old fashioned person. [1545 55; orig. uncert.] * * * …   Universalium

  • old lady — Synonyms and related words: Dulcinea, beldam, best girl, better half, common law wife, concubine, crone, dame, dowager, dream girl, feme, feme covert, frump, gill, girl, girl friend, goodwife, goody, grandam, grandmother, granny, hag, helpmate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frump — [[t]frʌmp[/t]] n. 1) a woman who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive 2) a dull, old fashioned person • Etymology: 1545–55 frump′ish, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • frump — Synonyms and related words: beldam, crone, dame, dowager, drab, grandam, grandmother, granny, hag, litterbug, old battle ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, pig, schlep, schlump, slattern, slob, sloppy Joe …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frump — noun Etymology: probably from frumple to wrinkle Date: 1817 1. a dowdy unattractive girl or woman 2. a staid, drab, old fashioned person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • frump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dowdy person, slattern. See uncleanness, vulgarity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slob, slattern, drab woman, dowdy person, slovenly person, schlump*, old bag* …   English dictionary for students

  • frump — noun an unattractive woman who wears dowdy old fashioned clothes. Derivatives frumpily adverb frumpiness noun frumpish adjective frumpishly adverb frumpy adjective (frumpier, frumpiest) …   English new terms dictionary

  • frump — n. a dowdy unattractive old fashioned woman. Derivatives: frumpish adj. frumpishly adv. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. dial. frumple (v.) wrinkle f. MDu. verrompelen (as FOR , RUMPLE) …   Useful english dictionary

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