Frump

n. [See infra.] 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] B. & Fl. 2. A cross-tempered, old-fashioned female; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

v. t. [Cl. Prov. Eng. frumple, to wrinkle, ruffle, and Ger. rümpfen, to wrinkle, to sneer.] To insult; to flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.