Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frood

/fɹuːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: frood
IPA: /fɹuːd/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.

British usage

name

Example Sentences

"To the north of the Airfield the Rabbit Hills still retain heathland vegetation on the sandy soils and are probably the site of the 'frood' warren mentioned in an old survey, being at the time an important source of food."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *frood, frōd, *frōdaz, *pret-

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

frooder (comparative) more frood (comparative) froodest (superlative) most frood (superlative) frewd (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Froud

Synonyms

wise wily

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce frood?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹuːd/.
What does frood mean?: Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
Where does frood come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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