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frumpish

/ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
frump-ish
IPA
/ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.

adj

Bad-tempered.

Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English frump Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English frumpish From frump + -ish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more frumpish (comparative) most frumpish (superlative)

Derived Forms

frumpishly frumpishness

Synonyms

frumpy dowdy

Questions

How do you pronounce frumpish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ/.
What does frumpish mean?
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
Where does frumpish come from?
Etymology tree English frump Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English frumpish From frump + -ish.

How to pronounce frumpish

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