"frumpy" meaning in All languages combined

See frumpy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/ [UK], /ˈfɹʌm.pi/ [US] Audio: en-us-frumpy.ogg [US], en-au-frumpy.ogg [Australia] Forms: frumpier [comparative], frumpiest [superlative]
Rhymes: (US) -ʌmpi Etymology: Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y. Etymology templates: {{m|en|frump}} frump, {{inh|en|enm|frumple}} Middle English frumple, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)
  1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. Translations (dowdy, unfashionable): ouderwets (Dutch), stijlloos (Dutch), tyylitön (Finnish), démodé (French), ohne jeden Schick (German), stillos (German), antiquado (Portuguese), ultrapassado (Portuguese), "démodé" (Portuguese), безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj) (Russian), немо́дный (nemódnyj) (Russian), neukusno (Serbo-Croatian), demodirano (Serbo-Croatian), staromodno (Serbo-Croatian), tantig (Swedish), lôi thôi (Vietnamese), lếch thếch (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-frumpy-en-adj-pfyM~JpD Disambiguation of 'dowdy, unfashionable': 96 4
  2. (dated) Bad-tempered. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-frumpy-en-adj--Vdx-uF2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: frump, frumpily, frumpiness

Inflected forms

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