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frow

noun
/fɹaʊ//fɹəʊ/UK/fɹoʊ/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *prōw-✻
  2. derived from *frawjǭ✻
  3. derived from *frauwjā✻
  4. derived from *frōwa✻
  5. derived from vrouwe

Definitions

  1. A woman

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

    • Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock

  2. A slovenly woman

    A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.

  3. A big, fat woman

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

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”).

    2. Brittle

      Brittle; tender; crisp

      • that which grows in gravel is subject to be frow, as they term it , and brittle

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