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frumperies

frumperies is the plural of frumpery.

Meaning of frumpery

Noun

frumpery (countable and uncountable, plural frumperies)

  1. Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
    • 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.2005, Sharon Grehan, Random Acts of Malice, page 56

Questions about frumperies

What is frumperies the plural of?
Frumperies is the plural of frumpery.

Words near frumperies in the dictionary

  1. frummie
  2. Frumoasa
  3. frump
  4. frumped
  5. frumper
  6. frumperies
  7. frumpers
  8. frumpery
  9. frumpier
  10. frumpiest
  11. frumpily

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