Meaning of frumpery | Babel Free

Definitions

Frumpish appearance or behaviour.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.”

“The flick he gave over her robe-clad body was dismissive, adding further to her feelings of frumpery.”

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