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frowy
English
Etymology
Compare frowzy, frouzy.
Adjective
frowy (comparative more frowy, superlative most frowy)
- (archaic) musty, rancid
- frowy butter
- frowy feed
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frow
English
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *fr?wa, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *frawj? (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?w- (“right; judge, master”).
Cognate with Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), Low German frouw, frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), Old English fr?we (“woman”), Old English fr?a (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau and vrouw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?a?/
Noun
frow (plural frows)
- A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
- Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock
- (obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
- (obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???/, /f?o?/
Noun
frow (plural frows)
- Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”)
Etymology 3
From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frou? (“brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose”), cognate with Scots frooch, freuch (“dry and brittle”). Of obscure origin. Perhaps also related to Middle Dutch vro, vroo, Middle Low German vrô, German froh.
Adjective
frow (comparative more frow, superlative most frow)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp
Derived terms
- frowish
Etymology 4
Compare frower.
Noun
frow (plural frows)
- A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
Anagrams
- rowf
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