frump
/fɹʌmp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
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Meaning
verb
To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
name
Nickname for Q22686 (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "You look like such a frump today!"
- "“I don’t mind how many strange women you’ve loved so long as you don’t tell me about them.” “Women!” said Anthony, with a virtuous air. “Women indeed! You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly. “Utter frumps. Not one a day under forty-five.”"
- "Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old."
- "If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat."
- "Get that frump off – it's horrid!"
- "Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!"
Etymology
Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.
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