The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
(adjective) primly out of date; “nothing so frumpish as last year’s gambling game”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)
Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
(dated) Bad-tempered.
Source: Wiktionary
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.