There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
FRUMPISH
dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
(adjective) primly out of date; “nothing so frumpish as last year’s gambling game”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frumpish (comparative more frumpish, superlative most frumpish)
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
(dated) Bad-tempered.
Usage notes
• In the sense of being poorly dressed, used to describe women more often than men.
Synonyms
• (poorly dressed): frumpy
• (bad-tempered): frumpy
Source: Wiktionary
Frump"ish, a.
1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]
2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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