"frood" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɹʏːd/ Forms: frooder [comparative], more frood [comparative], froodest [superlative], most frood [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”). Cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*frood}} Middle English *frood, {{m|enm|*frode}} *frode, {{m|enm|*frod}} *frod, {{inh|en|ang|frōd||wise, prudent; experienced, old}} Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frōdaz||wise, clever}} Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pret-||to understand}} Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”), {{cog|frr|frod}} North Frisian frod, {{cog|stq|frod}} Saterland Frisian frod, {{cog|nl|vroed||wise, knowing}} Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), {{cog|sv|frod||wise, experienced, mature}} Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), {{cog|is|fróður||knowledgeable}} Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), {{cog|lt|prõtas||mind, reason, understanding}} Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} frood (comparative frooder or more frood, superlative froodest or most frood)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious. Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal Synonyms: wise, wily, frewd
    Sense id: en-frood-en-adj-V3uDChDR Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for frood meaning in English (3.6kB)

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