English
frumpy
Frumpy may come from Middle English frumple.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frumpleuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2015frumpy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frumpleuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2015frumpy
Earliest quotation: 2015, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematici: “Although still young at heart and head, he looks…”
Every English word from Middle English frumple
Today it means
adj Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English frumple / frumpy