Word of the Day 10.31.08

frump

frump (frmp)

n.

1. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.

2. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate.

[Possibly short for Middle English frumple, wrinkle, from Middle Dutch verrompelen, to wrinkle : ver-, completely; see per1 in Indo-European roots + rompelen, to wrinkle.]

frumpi·ly adv.

frumpi·ness n.

frumpy adj.

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Noun 1. frump – a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; “she got a reputation as a frump”; “she’s a real dog”

dog
disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman – a woman who is an unpleasant person

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Word of the Day 10.30.08

denizen

den·i·zen (dn-zn)

n.

1. An inhabitant; a resident: denizens of Monte Carlo.

2. One that frequents a particular place: a bar and its denizens.

3. Ecology An animal or a plant naturalized in a region.

4. Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.

tr.v. den·i·zened, den·i·zen·ing, den·i·zens Chiefly British

To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.

[Middle English denisein, from Anglo-Norman denzein, from deinz, within, from Late Latin deintus, from within; see dedans.]

deni·zen·ation n.

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denizen

noun inhabitant, resident, citizen, occupant, dweller

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