frumpery

English

Etymology

frump +‎ -ery

Noun

frumpery (countable and uncountable, plural frumperies)

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

     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.