Jack Frost

name
/ˌdʒæk ˈfɹɒst/UK/ˌdʒæk ˈfɹɑst/US

Etymology

From Jack (placeholder or conventional name for any man) + frost.

  1. derived from *prews- — “to freeze; frost
  2. inherited from *frustaz
  3. inherited from forst
  4. inherited from frost
  5. formed as jack frost — “Jack + frost

Definitions

  1. A personification of frosty weather or winter.

    • This time of Year being cold and frosty generally speaking, or when Jack Frost commonly takes us by the Nose, the Diversions are always within Doors, either in Exercise or by the Fire-side.
    • Well, and the inside is all lined with skins, warm enough; and there's a fire in the middle; [...] Jack frost may whistle out doors if he pleases, but he can hardly get his nose in here.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA