frump

[ fruhmp ]

/ frʌmp /

a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.

a dull, old-fashioned person.

Origin of frump

First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain

frump·ish, adjective

The looking-glass had bitter things to tell me, and crying makes me such a frump.

A Man in the Open |Roger Pocock
I think the frump—this Miss Kirkland, you know—is a fright—regular freak, dash it!

The Haunted Pajamas |Francis Perry Elliott
Mrs. Frump drew out a little memorandum book from one of her pockets, and consulted.

Round the Block |John Bell Bouton
For the frump was sitting there behind the steering wheel, looking down at me in a nasty, sidewise fashion.

The Haunted Pajamas |Francis Perry Elliott

The frump kind of glared down the deserted vista of the fine old hall and shrugged her shoulders.

The Haunted Pajamas |Francis Perry Elliott

frump

/ (frʌmp) /

a woman who is dowdy, drab, or unattractive

C16 (in the sense: to be sullen; C19: dowdy woman): from Middle Dutch verrompelen to wrinkle, rumple