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 Primly out of date.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