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frow¹
- /fɹaʊ/
Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *frōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“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 frōwe (“woman”), Old English frēa (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau, vrou, and vrouw.
noun frows
- A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock
- A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
- A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
frow²
- /fɹəʊ/ UK
- /fɹoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
noun frows
- Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”).
frow³
Where it comes from
From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frouȝ (“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 more frow · most frow
- Brittle; tender; crisp that which grows in gravel is subject to be frow, as they term it , and brittle
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