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mumsy
adjective
UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˈmʌm.zi/ us /ˈmʌm.zi/
A mumsy woman has an old-fashioned appearance, like that of a traditional mother: （女性外表）不时髦的，落伍的
As she became more successful, she changed her mumsy hairstyle for something more glamorous.随着事业上的不断成功，她一改落伍的发式，变得更有魅力了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Old or old-fashioned
age-old
ageing
ancient
antediluvian
anti-progressive
fossilization
fossilize
fossilized
frumpy
fustily
outdate
outdated
outdatedly
outmoded
outworn
unmodernized
unmodish
unprogressive
unreconstructed
unsmart
Examples of mumsy
mumsy
And he pointed to the very biggest one, mumsy.
From Project Gutenberg
The poor little mumsy had been shut up on shipboard for months and surely she deserved some recreation.
From Project Gutenberg
We haven't got enough chairs, mumsy.
From Project Gutenberg
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