Etymology

frumpy

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Today it means: Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. Full definition →

Middle English frumple
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfrumple
  2. English todayfrumpy

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

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