frump

Meanings

Noun

• A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
• The clothes that such a person would wear.
• A bad-tempered person.
• A flout or snub.

Verb

• To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

Origin

• Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpel ("wrinkle"), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump.