Meanings
plural fraccents
- CanadaUSuniversity slangA pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry.
1 more example
Rowan D'boat (R. Will Jevon '27) brings "Total Drama Island"-esque physicality to the stage. He demands attention and laughs, even though his character is essentially redundant and often randomly absent from ensemble moments. His funniest moment is when he soliloquizes like Shakespeare with a "fraccent," — a highlight of the entire production.
2025 March 4, Kate E. Ravenscroft, “'101 Damnations' Review: Lost Paradise with the Hasty Pudding”, in The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2026
Origin
- Englishfrat
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
- Proto-Italic*kanō
- Latincanō
- Latinaccinō
- Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
- Medieval Latinaccentus
- Middle Frenchaccent
- Anglo-Normanaccent
- Middle Englishaccent
- Englishaccent
- Englishfraccent
Cite this entry
fraccent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent
“fraccent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fraccent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent.
Source: fraccent on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.