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frossa.

shivering with chills (while having fever)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. shivering with chills (while having fever)

    common-gender

  2. downturn

    common-gender · figuratively
    börsfrossa
Where this word comes from

From the verb frysa. Compare origin of the noun/verb pair droppe and drypa. Attested since 1578.

noun

  1. gluttony, gorging

    colloquial · common-gender · in-compounds · often
    räkfrossa
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German vratzen. Cognate of German fressen, Norwegian fråtse and Danish fråse. Doublet of fräta. Attested as a verb since 1526, and as a noun since 1990.

verb

  1. to glut, to gorge, to feast (eat gluttonously)

    De frossade på stekt gås

  2. to revel

    figuratively
    Filmen frossar i 50-talsestetik
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German vratzen. Cognate of German fressen, Norwegian fråtse and Danish fråse. Doublet of fräta. Attested as a verb since 1526, and as a noun since 1990.

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