different between frozen vs frory

English

Etymology

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f???z?n/
• Rhymes: -??z?n

Adjective

frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)

1. Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
2. Immobilized.

3. (of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
4. (grammar) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• deep-frozen
• frozen food

Translations

Verb

frozen

1. past participle of freeze

   The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.

English

Etymology

From frore +? -y. Compare Old English fr?ori? (“freezing, frozen, cold, chilly; blanched with fear, sad, mournful”).

Adjective

frory (comparative more frory, superlative most frory)

1. (now rare) Frosty; frozen.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:

     An aged sire with head all frory hore, / And sprinckled frost vpon his deawy beard […]

2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost.

Anagrams

• Forry