frumpingadj.
/ˈfrʌmpɪŋ/ That frumps; mocking, scoffing, jeering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 14/2 This frumping spéech so moued the king, that he made this answere.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxx. iv. 387 Æsops frumping scoffes or fables.
a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle ii, in Wks. (1873) I. 403 The frumping Jacks are gone.
Derivatives
ˈfrumpingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 43 Dogs..which some frumpingly tearme fysteing hounds.
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ˈfrumping
ˈfrumping n.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > action of
hokering?c1225
scorninga1240
bourdingc1400
mocking?a1439
mockage1485
deriding1530
potting1553
frumping1611
ridiculing1680
illuding1696
guying1885
razzing1917
snook-cocking1950
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mocquerie,..a mocking, flowting, scoffing, frumping.
1664 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 31 Pray young Man leave off your Frumping.
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