froise

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noun

A kind of large thick pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.

OriginMiddle English froise →
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Meanings

nounfroise (plural froises)

plural froises · alternative fraise

  1. A kind of large thick pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.

    Take Apples sliced thin round ways, and lay a layer of the Froise, and another of the Apples, with Currans betwixt the layers

    1670, Hannah Woolley, The gentlewomans companion, Pumpion-Pye

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfroise
  2. Englishfroise

From Middle English froise. Compare French froisser (“to bruise”).

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APA

froise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/froise

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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