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frow.

A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɹaʊ/
  1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.

  2. A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.

    obsolete
  3. A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.

    obsolete
Where this word 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.

adj
  1. Brittle; tender; crisp

    dialectal
Where this word 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.

noun/fɹəʊ/UK/fɹoʊ/US
  1. Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”).

    alt-of · alternative
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