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(adjective) primly out of date; “nothing so frumpish as last year’s gambling game”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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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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