frosty
/ˈfɹɔsti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.
name
A generic name for a snowman.
Example Sentences
- "The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets."
- "I'd like a frosty milkshake."
- "It was late at night and frosty[.]"
- "During the frostiest days of the Cold War, avoiding the Soviet Bloc meant flying north around Greenland to Alaska, refueling in Anchorage, and then around the Bering Straits to reach Japan."
- "The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year."
- "The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze."
Etymology
From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: frosty, forstiġ, *frostag
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹɔsti/
- British English: /ˈfɹɒsti/