"frump" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹʌmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frump.wav Forms: frumps [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frumpylle||wrinkle}} Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), {{der|en|dum|verrompelen}} Middle Dutch verrompelen, {{affix|en|for-|rump|-le}} for- + rump + -le Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frump (countable and uncountable, plural frumps)
  1. (countable, colloquial) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. Tags: colloquial, countable Categories (topical): People Translations (somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy): повлекана (povlekana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hastroš [masculine] (Czech), cuchta [feminine] (Czech), мымра (mymra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-frump-en-noun-oDpNvPkA Disambiguation of People: 48 52 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for-, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 12 25 6 6 20 Disambiguation of 'somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy': 61 32 5 1
  2. (uncountable, colloquial) Unattractive, dowdy clothes. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing, People Translations (clothes that such a person would wear): hadry [masculine, plural] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-frump-en-noun-lzaoBKeg Disambiguation of Clothing: 32 67 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21 Disambiguation of 'clothes that such a person would wear': 27 40 31 2
  3. (countable, dated) A bad-tempered person. Tags: countable, dated
    Sense id: en-frump-en-noun--YFeD5Oj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21
  4. (obsolete) A flout or snub. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-frump-en-noun-gp1u8LWu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frumpish, frumpy

Verb

IPA: /fɹʌmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frump.wav Forms: frumps [present, singular, third-person], frumping [participle, present], frumped [participle, past], frumped [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frumpylle||wrinkle}} Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), {{der|en|dum|verrompelen}} Middle Dutch verrompelen, {{affix|en|for-|rump|-le}} for- + rump + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} frump (third-person singular simple present frumps, present participle frumping, simple past and past participle frumped)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-frump-en-verb-xInsiOUW Categories (other): English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21
  2. To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
    Sense id: en-frump-en-verb-teJnvXSC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, English terms suffixed with -le, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 12 8 8 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 22 11 15 17 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 11 16 9 12 14 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 14 9 12 14 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 10 6 8 9 41 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 5 7 8 52 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 24 9 10 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 23 8 11 10 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 12 8 10 12 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frumper

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "povlekana",
      "sense": "somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "повлекана"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hastroš"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuchta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mymra",
      "sense": "somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мымра"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "clothes that such a person would wear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hadry"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frump"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with for-",
    "English terms suffixed with -le",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Romanian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmp/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "en:Clothing",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "frumper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "frumpylle",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wrinkle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "verrompelen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch verrompelen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for-",
        "3": "rump",
        "4": "-le"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + rump + -le",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frumps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frumping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frumped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frumped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "frump (third-person singular simple present frumps, present participle frumping, simple past and past participle frumped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1617, John Fletcher, “The Chances”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
          "text": "Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nI told the guy \"Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses\" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, \"Oh, shame!\" and asked if I'd be there later."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɹʌmp/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frump"
}

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