Froodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from 古期英語 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”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /fɹʏːd/
• 韻: -uːd

形容詞

frood (comparative frooder または more frood, superlative froodest または most frood)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
   • 1973, Stanley Price, George Ruffhead, Newton-on-Ouse Local History Group, Three Yorkshire villages:

     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.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:wise or Thesaurus:wily

参照

• Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 505

アナグラム

• Frodo, do for, fordo