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語源 1

From frog +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutives).

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• froggie

名詞

froggy (plural froggies)

1. (childish or endearing) A frog.
   • a. 1600, unknown author, Frog Went a-Courting:

     'Pray, Mistress Mouse, will you give us some beer?
     Heigho, says Rowley,
     For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.'

   • a. 1900, unknown author, Frogs at School:

     Twenty froggies went to school, down beside a rushy pool
     Twenty little coats of green, twenty vests all white and clean

2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A French person.

語源 2

From frog +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives).

形容詞

froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

1. Froglike.

   Synonyms: froggish, frogly, ranine

2. Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
   • 1938, The American Legion Magazine:

     Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

3. (slang) Inclined to fight; aggressive.
   • 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn‎, Simon and Schuster:

     Now jump, if you still feel froggy.

4. (slang) Energetic or strong.
   • 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:

     On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]

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