FRUMPY

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

(adjective) primly out of date; “nothing so frumpish as last year’s gambling game”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)

Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.

(dated) Bad-tempered.

Source: Wiktionary



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MODEST

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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