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Frumpy

//ˈfɹʌm.pi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.

    "She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers."

  2. 2
    Bad-tempered. dated
Adjective
  1. 1
    primly out of date wordnet

Etymology

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

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