Frump

·noun A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.

II. Frump ·noun A cross, old-fashioned person; ·esp., an old woman; a gossip.

III. Frump ·vt To Insult; to Flout; to Mock; to Snub.

frump
To mock; to insult. A very old word, occurring in the dictionaries of Cotgrave and Minshew. I was a...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.