frumpy

Definition

Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.

Etymology

Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y.

Example Sentences

• "She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers."
• "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?”"