frory

F4R1O1R1Y4
/ˈfɹɔːɹi/

adjective

Frosty; frozen.

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Meanings

adjectivefrory (comparative more frory, superlative most frory)

comparative more frory · superlative most frory

  1. archaicFrosty; frozen.

    An aged sire with head all frory hore, And sprinckled frost vpon his deawy beard […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost.

Origin

From frore + -y. Compare Old English frēoriġ (“freezing, frozen, cold, chilly; blanched with fear, sad, mournful”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frory.

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