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Thefreeman Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

frumpled

Does anybody know what 'frumpled'means? I had looked it up in all dictionaries that I could find, including the 'urban dictionary', but none of them has this word.

However, the google search showed that 'frumpled' is used commonly in daily conversation in America. And if I understand correctly, the word 'frumpled' seems to come form a children show.

Could you please tell me what 'frumpled' ususally means?

And what does 'two perfectly frumpled braids' mean?

Any opinion would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

regards,

  

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Why there are strange marks in my post?

There were not there before I posted them.
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I do not know the answer to your question about frumpled. However, about the strange signs I have to say that sometimes it happens when you copy a text from Microsoft Word. I do not know the technical details.
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged says "frumple" means "wrinkle", but mentions that it is mainly used in British English.
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I think it means twisted in Thefreeman's sentence. And also could have the same meaning in frumpled fairy tale that happens to appear in search result when googling frumpled.
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Thank you, Languagelover.

Yes, I truly copied the text from word.
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Thank you, Philologist. But the word 'frumpled' seems to be used as an adjective. The following are the examples from the google search. I totally can't understand what they mean.

regrads,

He saw a frumpled bald-headed man talking to a frumpled bartender and a frumpled
bar-***** sitting fur
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Oh, yes. There are lots of 'Frumpled fair tale' in the research result.

Is that a children show?

Could the 'frumpled' come from the show?

regards,
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A frumpled fairy tale is a changed or twisted version of a classic fairy tale. Frumpled can refer to a person who does not have a fresh, alive face, maybe a dull or something like that, something that does not look good to the eye.
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LanguageLoverA frumpled fairy tale is a changed or twisted version of a classic fairy tale. Frumpled can refer to a person who does not have a fresh, alive face, maybe a dull or something like that, something that does not look good to the eye.


Thank you again, philologist and languagelover.
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If you know what braid is, you shouldn't have any problem understanding perfectly frumpled braids considering that frumpled means twisted. You twist your hair to form a braid, and when it is perfectly/beautifully done, you can say it is perfectly frumpled.
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