fragor

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UK/ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡə/Canada, US/ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡɚ/

noun

A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.

OriginLatin fragor →
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Meanings

fragor1

nounfragor (plural fragors)

plural fragors

  1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.

    The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks[…]

    1709, Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae

fragor2

nounfragor (plural fragors)

plural fragors

  1. obsoleteproscribedA strong or sweet scent; fragrance.

    it seems offensive; and tasted, penetrates a strong brain by its fragor

    1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Origin

fragor · noun

  1. Latinfragor“a breaking to pieces”
  2. Englishfragor

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangō (“to break”).

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fragor · noun

From the above, by confusion with the root of fragrant.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fragor

agareagremaigre
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Sounds the same

fragger (/æ/ raising, Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada)fragger (/æ/ raising, Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada)
Cite this entry
APA

fragor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragor

MLA

“fragor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fragor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragor.

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