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frumpy
English
Etymology
Either from frump or from Middle English frumple +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??m.p?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??m.pi/
Adjective
frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)
- Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
- She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
- 2005, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician, in: The Guardian, July 23rd 2015
- Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
- (dated) Bad-tempered.
Related terms
- frump
- frumpily
- frumpiness
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shabby
English
Etymology
From shab (“scab”) +? -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”), Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”), Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”), German schäbig (“shabby”), Swedish skabbig (“scabby”), Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æb.i/
- Rhymes: -æbi
Adjective
shabby (comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest)
- Torn or worn; unkempt.
- Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
- Mean; paltry; despicable.
Derived terms
- shabby-genteel
- shabby chic
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