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Is frump a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word frump is a Scrabble US word. The word frump is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is frump a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word frump is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

FRUMP,

4-letter words (1 found)

RUMP,

3-letter words (6 found)

FUM,FUR,PUR,RUM,UMP,URP,

2-letter words (5 found)

FU,MU,UM,UP,UR,

You can make 13 words from frump according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of frump

frump

English

Etymology

Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- +‎ rump +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹʌmp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

frump (countable and uncountable, plural frumps)

  1. (countable, colloquial) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
  2. (uncountable, colloquial) Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
  3. (countable, dated) A bad-tempered person.
  4. (obsolete) A flout or snub.

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Verb

frump (third-person singular simple present frumps, present participle frumping, simple past and past participle frumped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
  2. To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
    • 1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, "Oh, shame!" and asked if I'd be there later.

Derived terms

  • frumper

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Etymology

From Middle English frumpylle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frʊmp/

Noun

frump (plural frampès)

  1. A sour ill-humored person.

Verb

frump

  1. to chafe, scold

Related terms

  • frampled

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40

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