farrand

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[ˈfæɹənd][ˈfæɹənt]

adjective

Having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.

OriginMiddle English farand ← Old English farende ← Proto-Germanic *farandz →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

farrand1

adjective

alternative farand · alternative farant · alternative farent · alternative farrant · alternative farren

  1. IrelandNorthern EnglandScotlandobsoleteHaving a specified form or disposition; fashioned.

    Likely he was, right fair and well farrand, Manly and stout, […]

    1756, William Hamilton, A New Edition of the Life and Heroick Actions of the renoun'd Sir William Wallace, etc.
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    A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected, and yet to go light-farrand under it.

    1660, Dickson, Writings

    My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !

    1836, Richard Furness, Medicus-magus

    When, four years before, Ainsworth took land next his own and rebuilt the farmstead "on a new-farrand plan," he had felt a secret irk against him, […]

    1893, K. Snowden, Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds

Farrand2

proper nounFarrand (plural Farrands)

plural Farrands

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*faraną“to go, fare, travel”
  2. Proto-Germanic*farandz
  3. Old Englishfaran“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”
  4. Old Englishfarende
  5. Middle Englishfarand
  6. Englishfarrand

From Middle English farand, farende, farinde, from Old English farende (present participle of Old English faran (“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”)), from Proto-Germanic *farandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, fare, travel”), equivalent to fare + -and. More at fare.

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“farrand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farrand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farrand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farrand.

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